Love that Influenced History

Author: Jin Yonghua
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book discusses the love and marriage of leaders and prominent figures throughout history. Although love and marriage are natural human desires and mechanisms of human productivity, they have not always been given sufficient attention by a significant portion of historians, and in the eyes of others, they are still considered taboo to this day. For a very long period in history, under the influence of "Leftist" ideology, our historical records did not discuss or rarely discussed the personal lives of historical figures, let alone the love and marriage of leaders. Even when such content was mentioned, it was often glossed over, with more critical language than factual narration. In the eyes of some, the love and marriage of leaders and prominent figures were considered "private lives" unworthy of discussion, while our historical records primarily focused on "major events." During the era of asceticism, love was either seen as the epitome of "evil" or shrouded in a mysterious and sacred aura. When it came to the love of leaders or heroes, it was just a matter of shouting grand slogans, "kissing the blue sky," as if they were immune to the mortal world, not human but gods. As for the villains, they were only worthy of bestiality, devoid of love. Reality demanded deification, so some historical figures were deified, while others were dehumanized into beasts.