This is the sixth issue of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, an issue devoted to East Asia topics. These topics reflect the origins of IAFOR, even as it continues to expand around the world.
Another common thread linking these papers is the inspiration and guidance that foregoing works and authors afford later generations. These chaotic, and yet ever-hopeful, times can only benefit from the lessons of history that our most agile minds continue to draw in the form of such quality pieces as those of the present issue.