刘剑

Notable works
Brain Matter HellA Portrait of ShunkinThe Wind Rises · Naoko

12 written works

About the author

Publicly available personal information about Liu Jian is relatively limited, and what is known comes mainly from works published under this name. The collection includes twelve of his titles, spanning foreign literature, biography, film and television theory, documentary writing, and history. In literature, he has taken part in translating modern and contemporary Japanese works such as The Story of Shunkin, Dogura Magura, The Wind Rises and Naoko, and Kokoro, which touch on themes of love, psychology, and growth. His original writing appears in titles on social welfare and national development, stage life, craftsmanship, and historical observation, focusing respectively on social and cultural questions, the performing arts, artisanship, and history. Overall, his work combines translation with original writing, covers a wide range of subjects, and emphasizes the connection between people and their times, with a documentary and informative narrative style.

Written (12)

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Rating 2.6
The Beginning of Man 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2025 This is a novel about the entrepreneurial story of a postpartum-care center. Part of the book is drawn from the entrepreneurial and personal-growth ex…
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Rating 3.8
Benefiting the World and Revitalizing the Nation Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first volume is a fragmentary compilation of articles published in Zongheng since 1983, gathering captivating pieces that reflect China's cultural…
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Rating 3.7
The Ingenuity of the Artisan Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first series is a fragmentary reorganization of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering remarkable pieces that reflect China's cultur…
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Rating 3.7
Life on the Stage Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first series is a fragmentary reorganization of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering remarkable pieces that reflect China's cultur…
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Rating 3.6
The Eyes of History Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first series is a fragmentary reorganization of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering remarkable pieces that reflect China's cultur…
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Rating 3.5
Gathering the Fragrance of the National Quintessence Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first volume presents a fragmented arrangement of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering outstanding pieces that reflect China's cul…
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Rating 3.4
The Lingering Fragrance of Former Residences Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first volume presents a fragmented arrangement of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering outstanding pieces that reflect China's cul…
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Rating 3.3
Beneath the Screen Liu Weiming / 刘剑 China Culture and History Press · 2024 The first series is a fragmentary reorganization of articles collected in Zongheng since 1983, gathering remarkable pieces that reflect China's cultur…
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Rating 4.2
Brain Matter Hell 梦野久作 / 刘剑 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2019 On November 20, 1926, a young man in Ward 7 of the psychiatric department of Kyushu Imperial University suddenly regains consciousness to the ticking …
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Rating 4.2
A Portrait of Shunkin Jun'ichirō Tanizaki / 刘剑 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2019 Shunkin was as beautiful as a goddess and a peerless musician, but blindness from early childhood had made her imperious and quick-tempered, and harsh…
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Rating 4.1
The Wind Rises · Naoko 堀辰雄 / 刘剑 Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2017 The Wind Rises is the original novel behind Hayao Miyazaki's final film. The protagonist accompanies his gravely ill fiancée Setsuko to a mountain san…
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Rating 4.0
Heart Natsume Sōseki / 刘剑 Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2017 Kokoro tells of the "Sensei" who comes to know and love his landlady's daughter, and also wins the landlady's favor, yet because he was cheated by an …

Publishers

China Culture and History PressTianjin People's Publishing HouseHuashan Literature and Art Publishing House