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On The National Identity Of China From The Perspective Of Foreign Literature

Posted on:2015-12-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J T HaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330467475693Subject:Subject teaching
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10--13century Chinese society is the history of the development process of a turbulent, chaotic situation in north and south China Late Tang Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, regime change endlessly, all ethnic groups have been involved in the war among the flood. In the process of integration in the war, northern nomads constantly moved south, causing Han traditional farming life of the region is gradually moving to the southeast, in the process of national residential area of migratory movement, the emergence of the rheological and fusion of folk customs, very earth promoted the concept of national identity.In this period, farming and nomadic economy collide economic exchanges, forming a frequent ethnic, economic and cultural exchanges and integration of historical phenomena, especially marginalized ethnic activities of different ethnic regions is particularly active. I believe that it is this national identity and integration fringe occurs first, led the national integration of internal penetration, forming a minority finished, Han minority of minorities minority of the historical phenomenon, which all ethnic groups continue the result is a fusion of assimilation to further engage with the progressive realization of the integration of nomadic and farming cultures.In addition to the Khitan, Han, party items, Jurchen, Mongolian established Liao, Song, Jin and Yuan Xia regime, there Ganzhou Uighur, Gaochang Uighur minority regime, Liao, Kara Khanate, Tibet and Dali has co-exist, for the sake of regime’s survival and development was carried out between the ruling class multi-faceted conquest, Engagement, prisoners swept. To-people exchanges are also very frequent, ordinary people in order to make a living or to evade taxes, the war, and are often displaced or cross-border business, there has been a lot of people frequently cross flow phenomena, between Han and ethnic minorities, there has been great between the minority and the minority area inhabited communion phenomenon.However, according to the literature of this period who are foreigners Chinese of all ethnic groups other than their own particular circumstances and the specific concepts of life and therefore they decided to form the Chinese people and the Chinese culture of observation and description are different in Chinese traditional records. In view of China’s religions, for example, from a sense of belonging in terms of religion, in the eyes of outsiders, the vast majority of the Chinese people "Idol followers," is outside their own religion "infidels", so some customs in their view is extremely inappropriate. These records are based on the perspective of a third party to describe the narrative, and in many places directly Speaking of "them","China" and "Most Han Chinese,""barbarians,""Khitan people,""Idol Catholics" and, especially,"Han "and" Tatars "the relevant geographic location, natural features and climate, the record of God’s worship and customs are particularly detailed, which are estimated with traditional Chinese literature showed a huge cultural differences.At the same time, these foreign literature for the European community to understand China’s social system, literature and art, philosophy, local customs and so provide a better platform for understanding of China is not illusory and heard the legend, but a real written records.In the eyes of European countries,China has a long history as a cultural tradition, a highly developed material civilization, noble moral philosophy and as a superior ideal society based on social systems, on the basis of "China Myth" on the material level, West Chinese’s image in the spiritual level become much more clearer.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ethnic distribution, Material culture, Living habits, Religion, Exotic image
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