THE REFLECTION OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY IN I. TURGENEV’S NOVEL ON THE EVE
- DOI
- 10.2991/isemss-19.2019.87How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- I.Turgenev, Eastern philosophy, religious philosophy, On the eve, Bodhi Tree, Confucianism, Taoism.
- Abstract
Despite the fact that at first glance I. Turgenev is not a “writer-philosopher”, his work clearly reflects the clash of various philosophical trends of the 19th century. It should be noted that the works of I.Turegenev does not only reflect Western philosophical ideas but also Eastern ones consciously and unconsciously. The purpose of the article is to enrich and perfect the ideology contained in Turgenev’s works. In this article, the author studies the novel On the Eve in the contexts of Buddhist canons, Confucianism and Taoism using historical, analytical, and systematic methods. The author analyzes the philosophical meanings of the Bodhi tree and the problem of its erroneous translation into Chinese. In addition, the article still presents the idea of Chinese classical philosophy in the debates of Shubin and Bersenev. By referring to the research, it can be concluded that from the perspective of accepting aesthetics, the “linden tree” in On the Eve was misinterpreted by Chinese translators as “Bodhi tree”, that artificially add color of religious philosophy to the story. The debates of Shubin and Bersenev reflect the profoundness and speculation of Turgenev’s novel.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Siwen Guo PY - 2019/09 DA - 2019/09 TI - THE REFLECTION OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY IN I. TURGENEV’S NOVEL ON THE EVE BT - Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 453 EP - 456 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/isemss-19.2019.87 DO - 10.2991/isemss-19.2019.87 ID - Guo2019/09 ER -