Wolf Totem

Wolf Totem

by Jiang Rong

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About This Novel

The movie of the same name stars Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao, and is directed by the famous French director Jean-Jacques Annaud! This is the only "unparalleled book" that describes and studies Mongolian steppe wolves so far! Those elven-like Mongolian steppe wolves roar out of the book at any time: the wolf's superb tactics for every reconnaissance, formation, ambush, and surprise attack; the wolf's clever use of weather and terrain; the wolf's fear of death and perseverance; the friendship and affection among the wolf clan; the wolf's relationship with all things on the grassland. The relationship; the difficult growth process of the stubborn and cute little wolf after losing its freedom - these all remind us of human beings, and then think about the questions that have so far remained unanswered in human history: Why were only hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry able to sweep across the Eurasian continent? What are the underlying reasons for the vast territory of the Chinese nation today? In history, was it the Chinese civilization that conquered the nomads, or was it the nomads' blood transfusions for the Han people that allowed the Chinese civilization to continue? Why do Chinese people on horseback, from ancient times to the present, not worship the horse totem but believe in the wolf totem? Is the reason why Chinese civilization has never been interrupted because there is still a wolf totem culture in China that has never been interrupted? Therefore, we have to reminisce about our past, and face our once glorious and once shattered mountains, rivers and history and ask: We keep claiming to be descendants of the Yan and Huang people, but does it mean that the "dragon totem" is most likely to have evolved from the "wolf totem" of the nomadic people? Will the "Dragon Totem Worship" of the Chinese nation be revealed from now on? Are we the descendants of the dragon or the descendants of the wolf?

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Book Friends 2021030176501447874109mo ago

Briefly talk about your views on this book

In addition to describing the cleverness of wolves, the first half of the book even advocates the nomadic Mongols (as a Han Chinese, I think nomadic people are backward than agricultural people). In the middle part, the author explains about raising wolves and hunting wolves in the regiment. I think this is the essence of the book. It writes about the current situation faced by the grassland and encourages people to protect the environment and respect the natural ecological balance. However, at the end of the book, the author arranges history just to forcefully explain the history of the Chinese nation by using wolf culture, wolf spirit, and wolf totem, and trying to use wolf nature to explain human nature. I think this is unnecessary. The Mongols unified China during the Yuan Dynasty, but they only brought the destruction of barbarian peoples. They died in just 97 years. A caste system was also implemented at that time. Is this the belief of your prairie people?

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There is a Han Paipan Next Door110mo ago

I like this book, it's countless times better than those youth novels!

I was attracted as soon as I opened it, and my blood boiled with excitement. I watched it while eating, did it look like I was working very hard?

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Cointreau106mo ago

I watched it before the final exam in the first semester of junior high school. At that time, I watched it after class, in class, during lunch break, and in the evening. I watched it whenever there was no teacher. It's easy for me to get stuck in reading. The teacher is lecturing above, and I cry below. I don't dare to cry. I cry as soon as the get out of class is over. I feel very deeply.

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Panasonic Poria≧≦77mo ago

wolf totem

This book is described from the perspective of an educated youth. There is no racial discrimination in it, and it attempts to use Mongolian feelings to explain the culture that has been inherited by the Chinese nation for thousands of years. The Mongols sometimes have a bloody spirit and perseverance that the Chinese nation sometimes lacks. He also sometimes criticized China's failed experience in transforming nature, further explaining that man cannot transform nature, but can only coexist with nature, follow nature, respect nature, and treat nature well. And there was a slight sigh. Was it the transformation of man at that time, or the resistance of nature? This is worth learning.

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Concentrate96mo ago

I can't figure out why the Mongolians don't carry forward their wolf spirit and drive those blind people who don't understand the grassland out of the grassland. Will you fight to the death to defend your homeland?

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Light Flower78mo ago

Feelings about the wolf

I have never made a one-sided evaluation of wolves, caterpillars and other annoying animals. I believe that wolves are spiritual. Sometimes human nature is not as good as wolf nature. Now that I have read this book, I feel that the intelligence and bravery of wolves are deeply attracted to me. It also makes me more determined to engage in research on biodiversity.

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Sycamore95mo ago

My favorite part of this book is the first half, which contains Chen Zhen and his little wolf. Let me tell you, wolves love freedom, and wild animals on the grassland should not be tied up and raised by him. Although he did try his best to raise the wolf cub, the consequences... I think the death of the wolf cub is closely related to the national character that the author wants to infer. (My guess) I think that something as abstract and unspecific as personality really cannot be summarized in a few sentences, but the environment is really a relatively large influencing factor. Whether it is a person or an animal, inertia follows a person throughout his life like a shadow. The more comfortable the living environment, the less enterprising, the more satisfied, the more serious the crisis. Well (⊙o⊙)... It is simply a vicious circle. There is another factor, I think it may be the way of thinking. As the author writes, the wolf totem is the spiritual symbol of the nomads. Only by always being prepared to fight can they ensure that they do not starve to death. They hate the plunder of wolves and are grateful to wolves for defending the grassland. Some of the wise behaviors of wolves also bring a lot of inspiration to people living in harsh living environments so that they can live better. I think humans and wolves can coexist completely, but the premise is that people should not be too greedy and have a weak heart.

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Book Friends 2021030176520429112106mo ago

Wolf Totem Thoughts after Reading

After reading this book, I really wanted to see the original prairie, and the figure of the prairie wolf kept flashing in my mind. When I saw them raising wolves, I kept wondering, what would be the fate of the overlord on this grassland? Will he return to the prairie? Or will he accompany Chen Zhen throughout his life? But seeing Xiaolang's stubborn character, I felt worried. How I wished that the little wolf could roam freely on the grassland and hunt for food like the pack of wolves, but in the end he died at the hands of Chen Zhen, and I felt inexplicably sad. This book gave me a lot of inspiration. I knew there was such a book a long time ago. Now that I think about it, if I had read it before, would my thoughts and worldview be different from now? A good book, highly recommended.

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Thousands of Trees for Thousands of Years104mo ago

This is a novel, and the so-called wolf nature is made up by the author. So here's the problem. The author uses a fictional thing as a basis and describes it in a documentary way. In fact, it is easy to mislead people who don't understand these things. . So give it 1 star. Please honestly write fictional things and make them up.

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Weirdo97mo ago

To the Mongols, sheep are bad because they destroy the grassland and turn the grassland into the Gobi Desert. Wolves destroy these sheep. The Mongolians regard the wolf as a belief and a totem.

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