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BEIJING, Apr 19, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A leading Chinese scholar said here Wednesday that he has found correlation between ancient paintings with Chinese literature and tries to draw a map of ancient Chinese literature.
Yang Yi, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Institute of Literature, said at a news briefing that he has published the first book of his innovative idea, The Chinese Ancient Literature Illustrated.
"The fragile paper and paintings show us spirit of the ancient Chinese literature," Yang said in an interview with Xinhua.
In this newly-published book, Yang tried to explain context of literary documents and paintings, dated back to about 1,000 years.
"I wish to thoroughly study the integration of Chinese civilization in the dimension of literature history as well as dynamics of the Chinese culture," Yang said.
Literary critics said Yang's analyses on relationship between different family clans, localities and urban cultures, as well as mentality of the elite and derogated officials are academic innovations.
Including the Chinese Ancient Literature Illustrated, the CASS released more than 60 academic achievements made by its researchers recently. The CASS regulates that it will hold such kind of academic news release in every quarter.
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