Spirit Revealed in Ink: The Realm of Chinese Painting

Author: Jin Shaojian Zhong Xin
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: The Chinese nation indeed had a past worth being proud of. Qin and Han emperors, Tang and Song sages, the Silk Road, the Four Great Inventions—these stories have been told time and again., we are proud of our ancestors' achievements, but what good does it do? Civilization was originally a shared treasure of humanity, yet in modern times, it seems to have become a monopoly of the West. Eliminating backwardness, ignorance, and barbarism became the pretext for the strong powers to wage war; the series of failures of the Qing government repeatedly shattered the Chinese people's dream of being a superior, self-sufficient nation. The dream led to tragedy, and the tragedy evolved into a potential nightmare.