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 divide borders, but food and clothing circulate with each other; Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are mixed; nationalities merge... How do these originally scattered and complex cultures gradually converge and shape a country called "China/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 talks from the Neolithic Age to the eve of the end of the Qing Dynasty, describing how the complex community of "Huaxia/China" continues 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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