Anthony C. Yu (1938–2015)
Author of Journey to the West, Vol. 2 {Yu; Revised}
About the Author
Anthony C. Yu (October 6, 1938 - May 12, 2015) translated an unabridged, four-volume, 1,873-page English version of The Journey to the West, the 16th century epic saga of a Chinese monk's pilgrimage to India in search of sacred Buddhist scriptures. Yu was a scholar of literature and religion, show more eastern and western. He most recently held the title of Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Literature in the Divinity School; also in the Departments of Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and English Language and Literature, and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He died May 12, 2015. He was 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Anthony C. Yu
Journey to the West, Vol. 2 {Yu; Revised} (2012) — Author; Editor & Translator — 180 copies, 1 review
Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in Dream of the Red Chamber. (1997) 14 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the West {Yu} (2006) — Editor & Translator — 102 copies, 3 reviews
Early China/Ancient Greece: Thinking Through Comparisons (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) (2002) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Journey to the West (Selected readings, Humanites core course program) (2000) — Editor & Translator — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- 余国藩
Yú Guófān - Birthdate
- 1938-10-06
- Date of death
- 2015-05-12
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Chicago (PhD|1969)
Fuller Theological Seminary (STB)
Houghton College (BA) - Occupations
- university professor
scholar of literature and religion - Organizations
- University of Chicago (held appointments in five departments)
- Awards and honors
- Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies
Guggenheim Fellowship
Mellon Foundation grant - Nationality
- USA (naturalized)
- Birthplace
- Hong Kong, China [then a British Crown Colony]
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Reviews
One of the best works of "Redology" out there. Comprehensive yet focused, with a particular interest in the relationships between qing (情, roughly "emotion"), xing (性, "nature"), and yu (欲, desire). Overarching message is that we have to pay attention to the ways in which The Dream of the Red Chamber draws attention to its own fictionality; rather than looking for real life referents for every character, place, and event, Cao Xueqin would have wanted us to approach the novel as show more something constructed. show less
Finished volume 2 today. I am half way through the book and not sure when I will get to the last two volumes. So far, this is a long tale of Monkey, Pig, and Friar (and horse) that accompany the master from the east to the west to get the scriptures and bring back. Lots of demons every step of the way. Monkey is impatient, Pig is course (and stupid and selfish) and Friar is impetuous. Master is also stupid and blind.
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