Promoting the Global Charm of the Chinese Dragon: Pang Jin's "Studies of Chinese Dragons" Opens Digitally
(Huawen.com Toronto News) Recently, the traditional Chinese versions of “Chinese Dragonology (Vol. 1)” and "Chinese Dragonology (Vol. 2)" written by the renowned Chinese dragon culture research expert and writer Pang Jin, were grandly published by Canadian Western University Press as volumes 22 and 23 of "Pang Jin's Collected Works." They have also been officially launched on the Amazon Kindle eBook platform, allowing global readers to access them anytime, anywhere via Kindle readers. Thus, a monumental work that showcases the rich connotations of the core symbol of the Chinese nation in an academic manner has begun its journey of "opening the door to the cloud" in the digital space.
“Chinese Dragonology” (Volumes I and II) encapsulates the author's wisdom, meticulously researched over nearly forty years. It systematically outlines the ten-thousand-year evolutionary trajectory of Chinese dragon culture, extensively incorporating research findings from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign. It innovatively proposes and constructs the grand theoretical framework of “Chinese Dragonology” with fundamental concepts such as “inclusion and integration,” “blessing and life,” “harmony with heaven,” “striving forward,” “cosmic force,” “soul force,” and “respect, love, benefit, and harmony.” The entire book, totaling approximately 490,000 characters and accompanied by over 130 precious illustrations, systematically elaborates from more than ten disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, developmental studies, biology, astronomy, archaeology, mythology, ethnology, folklore, political science, civilization studies, art studies, creativity studies, semiotics, hermeneutics, and theology. It also covers cultural perspectives such as “Dragons and Daoism,” “Dragons and Confucianism,” and "Dragons and Buddhism," demonstrating cross-disciplinary comprehensiveness and cutting-edge research.
As the world's first academic work named “Chinese Dragonology,” this book not only fills the gap in the systematic study of dragon culture, possessing significant academic value, but also holds profound significance in contributing to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, promoting Chinese civilization to the world, and enriching the diversity of human civilization. At the same time, it also provides detailed references and an academic foundation for the vast number of Chinese culture enthusiasts and researchers.
It is reported that the "Collected Works of Pang Jin" is planned to have over thirty volumes, with twenty-three volumes already published. Following this, specialized works such as "History of Chinese Dragons" (volumes 1-5), "Phoenix," "Phoenix Folk Tales," "Qilin," and "Pixiu" will be sequentially launched on the Amazon platform in e-book format, meeting readers worldwide.
Author Biography: Pang Jin, a renowned expert in dragon and phoenix culture and writer. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Dragon and Phoenix International Federation, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Dragon Culture Association, Director of the Chinese Dragon and Phoenix Culture Research Center, specially appointed researcher at the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences, senior editor at Xi'an Daily, member of the Chinese Writers Association, and Vice President of the Chinese Canadian Writers Association. He has been dedicated to literary creation and cultural research since the 1970s, and has focused on dragon and phoenix culture research since the 1980s. He has published over 50 works, totaling more than ten million characters. He has won over 80 awards, including the first Chinese Bing Xin Prose Award and the Shaanxi Provincial Folk Literature and Art Shanhua Award, and is known as one of the “Top Ten Contemporary Figures in Dragon Culture.”
