Hihara Toshikuni

Toshikuni Hihara (Japanese: 日原 利国; 1927–1984) was a Japanese sinologist and historian. He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture and served as a professor at the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University. He specialized in the history of Chinese thought and held a Doctor of Literature degree.

He was the editor of the Chūgoku Shisō Jiten (中国思想辞典, Dictionary of Chinese Thought; 1984) of which a second edition was published after his death, revised by Usami Kazuhiro.

Works

Authored and translated books (in selection):

Shunjū Kōyōden no Kenkyū (春秋公羊伝の研究, Studies on the Spring and Autumn Annals with the Gongyang Commentary), Sōbunsha. Kandai Shisō no Kenkyū (漢代思想の研究, Studies of Han Dynasty Thought), Kenbun Shuppan. Shunjū Hanro (春秋繁露; Chunqiu Fanlu), Meitoku Shuppansha. Mōshi (孟子, Mencius), Japanese translation (co-translator), Chikuma Shobō. Junshi (荀子, Xunzi), Japanese translation (co-translator), Heibonsha. Zoku Shodan (続書断; Chinese: Xu Shuduan 續書斷), Nigensha. Senwa Shofu (宣和書譜; Chinese: Xuanhe Shupu), Nigensha. Meiritsu Kokuji Kai (明律国字解, The Ming Dynasty Legal Code Explained in Japanese), Sōbunsha. (Editor) Chūgoku Shisōshi (中国思想史, History of Chinese Thought), Vols. 1–2, Tokyo: Perikansha 1987