
The Lost Civilization: a Study of Shi Tubo's "ethnography of Hainan Island
by Guo Xiaodong
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Criticism is choice. Selection itself is a process of criticism, criticism and selection, which affirms, advocates and constructs in the process of sublation. Therefore, its focus is not on destruction or subversion but on finding its value and meaning and facing it head-on to introduce and build upon. Ancient Chinese literary theory stops at the most important points and does not extend in form, leaving enough space for understanding and imagination. This must be the boundary set by the established goal and method of "criticism as selection". It also reflects criticism's respect for its object and its limited reservations. This spirit, in a sense, is closely related to the special laws of literary creation and thinking, including the basic attitude and judgment made by literature based on its in-depth understanding of the uniqueness and non-replicability of the human mind's operating methods. Compared with the binary opposition in traditional philosophy, this basic stance contains sharp confrontations, hierarchical relationships, and basic patterns such as the basic grasp of good\u002Fevil, affirmation\u002Fnegation, and essence\u002Faccidentity of the world, highlighting a conscious escape. This self-conscious spirit in ancient Chinese literary theory contains a strong meaning of modernity. Similar to current deconstructionist criticism.
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