Who is at the Center of the World: Ancient China's View of the World
by Liang Erping
About This Novel
"Who is at the Center of the World: Ancient China's View of the World" is a popular history book that tells how ancient Chinese ancestors viewed the world and formed a "view of the world" centered on China. The author focuses on ancient Chinese people's understanding of the world and the initial globalization process. In addition, it also analyzes the directional words in ancient Chinese characters, ancient natural meanings, the formation of the early Fang Kingdom, the later unification of the world, as well as transportation crossing and military defense lines... It tells the cultural origin of ancient China's view of the world; through the historical evolution from "the king in the world" to "the entry of Western missionaries into China", it depicts China and the world Through active and passive contact, we analyze the feudal dynasty's "shut down" response at the juncture of history, and the later "physical and practical" strategy of "learning from the barbarians to control the barbarians"; it shows the historical context of China being dragged step by step into the sad situation of being beaten, ceded territory, and paying reparations due to its misunderstanding of itself and its misjudgment of the world. From the perspective of human geography and in the form of cultural essays, this book integrates cultural reflection into the process of popularizing knowledge. It is actually a unique history of the growth of ancient China.
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