Kafka and China

Abstract

Kafka had a great interest in China.He was obsessed by Hanye,written by Yuan Mei,a poet of the Qing dynasty.Kafka studied many Chinese classical works,especially those of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi.He also wrote some of his important short stories such as Chinese Great Wall,An Imperial Message based on his knowledge of China.Owing to his reception of the Chinese culture,Kafka has a deep influence on writers in China's New Period,such as Zong Pu,Can Xue and Yu Hua.