A r t i c l e s

GÁLIK, Marián: Mao Dun and Me, p.113
MÖLLER, Hans-Georg: Philosophical Reflections on Life and Death in Twentieth Century China: Hu Shi's "On Immortality", p. 137
LI, Xia: Poetry, Reality and Existence in Yang Lian's Illusion City, p. 149.
KRUPA, Viktor: Cognitive Vagueness and Terminology of Internal Organs, p. 166.
MODINI, Paul: Korean and Japanese Internally-headed Relative Clauses: A Comparison between them and with Headless Relatives, p. 173.
DROZDÍK, Ladislav: Identification Problems in the Arabic Derivation, p. 182.
SORBY, Karol: Egypt 1954-1955: The Search for Orientation, p. 199.

B o o k R e v i e w s

DABRINGHAUS, Sabine: Das Qing-Imperium als Vision und Wirklichkeit – Tibet in Laufbahn und Schriften des Song Yun (1752-1835). By Martin Slobodník, p. 222.

ABSTRACTS

MAO DUN AND ME

Marián GÁLIK
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

The aim of this article is to describe the process of the study of Mao Dun's work and life within the framework of Czech and Slovak sinology, especially in connection with the present author during the last more than forty years.
This study is dedicated to and published on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Mao Dun'sbirthday on July 4, 1996.

PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND DEATH IN TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINA:
HU SHI'S "ON IMMORTALITY"

Hans-Georg MÖLLER,
Bonn University, Regina-Pacis-Weg 7,
D-53113 Bonn, Germany

Chinese philosophers either : (1) simply deny the survival of a soul after death; or (2) if they do speak of immortality, conceive of it never in personal terms, but only in the sense that the universe as a whole is never destroyed, and that therefore we, being parts of the universe, continue, after the bodily dissolution that accompanies death, to participate (in newly constituted forms) in the existence of that universe.
Derk Bodde:

"The Chinese View on Immortality: Its Expression by Chu Hsi and its Relationship to Buddhist Thought".
The Review of Religion, May 1942.

POETRY, REALITY AND EXISTENCE IN YANG LIAN'S ILLUSION CITY

Li Xia
University of Newcastle,
Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia

Yang Lian (born 1955) is a poet and literary critic from the People's Republic of China. He grew up in Beijing and began to publish poetry in the late 70s. Yang Lian was one of the so-called "misty poets" who experimented with new forms and contenst in poetry which evoked considerable controversy in China in the early 80s. As a major writer of the poetic modernist movement, Yang Lian's poetry is characterised by a highly personalised system of symbols and metaphors and the thematic concern with Chinese cultural traditions. As a recipient of numerous fellowships in the West, Yang Lian has published over ten volumes of poetry. His poetry has been translated into many languages. He has been living in the West since 1988.
This article explores some of the philosophical concepts underlying Illusion City, a collection of forty integrated poems which Yang Lian wrote in 1991 and attempts to trace major facets of Western influence in the collection which was conceived and composed entirely in the West-New Zealand and Berlin. It also examines how living in the West has brought about major changes in Yang Lian's poetic style and content and heightened his awareness of the importance of Chinese poetic traditions as well as Western influence upon them. „Illusion City, as Yang Lian said in an interview in Sydney in 1993, „marks my exit from the preoccupation with the poetic proecess per se and my entry into the mixed world of poetry, reality and existence, which is what this collection is about.

COGNITIVE VAGUENESS AND TERMINOLOGY OF INTERNAL ORGANS

Viktor KRUPA
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

The semantic field of anatomical terms in various languages consists of two subsets. The first subset comprises terms referring to directly observable external body parts such as head, hand, eyes, breasts, etc. As far as visible anatomy is concerned, its semantic articulation is very much alike in various languages. However, the subset of terms referring to internal organs may vary from one language to another, chiefly because their referents are not amenable to immediate perception. Data from various languages are discussed and analysed here.

KOREAN AND JAPANESE INTERNALLY-HEADED RELATIVE CLAUSES: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM AND WITH HEADLESS RELATIVES

Paul MODINI
P.O.Box 335, Darlinghurst, Sydney 2010, Australia

Modern Korean and modern Japanese internally-headed relative clause constructions are compared and different origins for them suggested. The “headless relative clause” in certain other languages is seen as an altogether different phenomenon, having yet another possible origin.

IDENTIFICATION PROBLEMS IN THE ARABIC DERIVATION

Ladislav DROZDÍK
Faculty of Arts of Comenius University,
Gondova 2, 818 01 Bratislava, Slovakia

In Arabic, some types of derivational relationships, involving substitutive processes, may create interpretational and classificatory problems. Some of them, associated with the identification of the derivational basis in some types of affix- and pattern-marked derivatives, will be examined in what follows.

EGYPT 1954-1955: THE SEARCH FOR ORIENTATION

Karol R. SORBY
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

The author makes an attempt to show the character and motives of Gamal cAbdunnasir, especially his rationalism, anti-imperialism, his aspiration to leadership in the Arab world and neutralism between the two great power blocs – an essential feature of his political outlook. It is a through survey of the political events in Egypt of 1954-1955.