Talking About China: an Ever-changing and Complex Community (2024 Edition)
by Xu Zhuoyun
About This Novel
How did China become China? Is its identity based on blood, national boundaries, or culture? Swords and swords cut boundaries, but food and clothing flowed between each other; Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism were mixed; nationalities merged... How did these originally scattered and complex cultures gradually converge and shape a country called "China\u002F Huaxia"? In the future, can this community still attract the descendants of the original members and continue to be recognized as belonging physically and mentally? The famous historian Xu Zhuoyun started from the Neolithic Age to the eve of the end of the Qing Dynasty, describing how the complex community of "Chinese China" continued to evolve. The book does not lay out details or cumbersome arguments. It adopts a broad historical perspective and selects the key points in politics, economy, society, and culture of each era to outline the appearance of each era. In the era of globalization, if you can examine your own ethnic identity principles, you will not be easily hijacked by the arrogance of intolerant ethnic groups and lose your way.
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