the four monographs presented in this collection offer striking documentation of the seriousness, depth and originality with which phenomenology has been received and grafted upon the living tree of philosophical reflection in the orient. yasuhico tomida, of the university of tokyo, raising anew husserls criticism of locke, offers a personal and innovative interpretation of lockes theory of knowledge. in the original investigation into the origin of logic, the well-known vietnamese phenomenologist, tran duc thao, explores husserls theory of the `living present, while the korean scholar hwa yol jung seeks to isolate `the basic grammar of `intercultural texts. this foundational investigation is carried further by tze-wan kwan, of the chinese university of hong kong, culminating in an original approach to categories as an existential root of culture.