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I have tried to read the book by Rebecca Schuman, and there is quite a lot of talk about Kafka and even Hermann Hesse; it just doesn't do it for me.   Maybe after I finish this other very serious text, which is also a love affair, but of the Platonic variety, I will exert more patience and open my mind to her wit. 

Until then:  Arthur Schopenhauer and China:  A Sino-Platonic Love Affair by Urs App Swiss National Science Foundation.

SINO-PLATONIC  PAPERS  is  an  occasional  series  edited  by  Victor  H.  Mair.   
The  purpose  of  the  series  is  to  make  available  to  specialists  and  the  interested public  the  results  of  research  that,  because  of  its  unconventional  or  controversial nature,  might  otherwise  go  unpublished.  The  editor  actively  encourages  younger, not  yet  well  established,  scholars  and  independent  authors  to  submit  manuscripts for  consideration.  Contributions  in  any  of  the  major  scholarly  languages  of  the world, including Romanized Modern Standard Mandarin (MSM) and Japanese, are acceptable.  In  special  circumstances,  papers  written  in  one  of  the  Sinitic  topolects  (fangyan) may be considered for publication.
 
Although the chief focus of Sino-Platonic Papers is on the intercultural relations of China  with  other  peoples,  challenging  and  creative  studies  on  a  wide  variety  of  philological subjects will be entertained. This series is not the place for safe, sober, and  stodgy  presentations.  Sino-Platonic  Papers  prefers  lively  work  that,  while taking  reasonable  risks  to  advance  the  field,  capitalizes  on  brilliant  new  insights into the development of civilization.

The only style-sheet we honor is that of consistency. Where possible, we prefer the usages  of  the  Journal  of  Asian  Studies.  Sinographs  (hanzi,  also  called  tetragraphs [fangkuaizi])  and  other  unusual  symbols  should  be  kept  to  an  absolute  minimum. 

Sino-Platonic Papers emphasizes substance over form.
 
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Also of note in the first few pages of the text: 

Urs App, “Arthur Schopenhauer and China: A Sino-Platonic Love Affair” 
Sino-Platonic Papers, 200 (April, 2010)

From Page "viii "

I  would  like  to  thank  the  editor  of  the  Sino-Platonic  Papers,  Victor  Mair,  for  his enthusiastic acceptance of this book to commemorate both the 150th anniversary of Schopenhauer’s  death  and  the  200th  issue  of  Sino-Platonic  Papers.  Both  my  forthcoming  book Schopenhauer’s  Compass  and  the  present  one  were  written  in  the  context  of  a  very  generous  Swiss  National  Science  Foundation  grant  (SNSF  grant  101511–116443;  Oriental  influences  on the  genesis  of  Schopenhauer’s  philosophy).  The  support  of  my  tax-paying  Swiss  compatriots makes  research  of  this  kind  possible,  and  the  innovative  approach  of  Victor  Mair  and  his  Sino-Platonic  Papers  team  to  the  promotion  and  free  electronic  distribution  of  scholarly  work  guarantees  a  breadth  of  readership  that  conventional  print  publishers  can  only  dream  of.  To  all people involved I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude.