The Mental Image of the Eight Banners: Banner Literature, Emotions and Society (1840～1949)
by Liu Daxian
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This book takes the banner people and their literature in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China as the research object, places them in the relevant context of politics, economy, society, military and even international relations, and launches a dialogue on cross-cultural, historical and regional studies; it observes the evolution of emotions, thoughts, identity and aesthetic pursuits experienced by the banner people in the context of the times, and elucidates the universal significance of banner human literature. A century of transformation from cicada to butterfly has opened up the narrative and lyricism, spiritual world and spiritual space of the banner people, from Mandarin riding and shooting to Manchu and Han family, from the partition of the banner people to the Chinese national community. In the historical transformation of adapting to local conditions, changing customs and creating a people's republic, it narrates the establishment of modern Chinese emotions and national identity.
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