Library

Imaginary work, strange concept

This book focuses on China and Greece in ancient times and discusses the identity changes experienced by the two major ethnic groups from the 8th century BC to the 5th century BC. The author believes that the changes in the ethnic identity of the Chinese state and the Greeks were completed in the interaction with external ethnic groups. The great inter-ethnic interactions that occurred during this period - the conflict and integration between Chinese and Yi, and the war and confrontation between Greece and Persia - contributed to the cultural shift in ethnic identity. Before the great inter-ethnic interaction, the ethnic identity of the Chinese state and the Greeks was mainly based on blood. After the great inter-ethnic interaction, cultural standards such as "propriety", "righteousness", "democracy" and "freedom" became the new boundaries of ethnic groups, forming a tradition of cultural identity, and at the same time, a sense of cultural prejudice against others was born.