About the author
Fu Jin was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, in 1956. He holds a doctorate in literature and is a professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, director of the Chinese Drama Research Center at the Central Academy of Drama, and a former professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University. His research focuses on theatre theory and aesthetics, with attention to the development of modern and contemporary Chinese drama, as well as film, television, and folk literature. His works examine the history and theoretical issues of Chinese opera through the concrete ecology of opera troupes and stage practice. Representative works include Opera Troupe, On the Art of Chinese Opera, and Lectures on Art Aesthetics, along with A History of Twentieth-Century Chinese Drama, A History of Chinese Drama, and The Power of the Grassroots. His writing combines scholarly rigor with readability and has had a lasting influence on the history and theory of Chinese opera and art aesthetics.
Written (4)
Rating 4.3★ The Opera Troupe Fu Jin Peking University Press · 2025 This is the author's landmark work from eight years of field research on Taizhou's folk theater troupes. From the unique perspective of a theater theo… Rating 3.9★ Lectures on the Aesthetics of Art Fu Jin SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2025 What is art? What is aesthetics? Art is an essential spiritual activity of humankind, and studying art from the perspective of aesthetics is what art … Rating 4.3★ On the Art of Xiqu Fu Jin The Commercial Press · 2024 After briefly tracing the history and genres of xiqu (traditional Chinese opera), the book delves into the morphological features and internal laws of… Chinese Theater (Humanities of China Series) Fu Jin China Intercontinental Press · 2016 This book is a volume in the Humanities of China Series from China Intercontinental Press, written by theater scholar Fu Jin, sketching the overall la…Publishers
China Intercontinental PressPeking University PressThe Commercial PressSDX Joint Publishing Company