Flaw: The shackle of the national soul

Author: Baoyang
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Alas, too many Chinese are covered in barbs, filled with hatred and hostility. Patriots like to boast that China is a land of propriety and righteousness. Judging by the written word, the ancients spoke of it often, and China is indeed a land of propriety. But in practice, our propriety has stagnated or regressed to a state of savagery. If propriety cannot be practiced, writing thirty million more books and thirty million more articles will still leave savagery unchanged. — Baoyang's The Root of Evil: The Shackles of the National Soul explores the various ugly manifestations of China, this so-called "land of propriety." China has long been praised as a "land of propriety," but Baoyang dares to question, "What kind of land is it?" The emergence of the "demon wind" of "naked literature" in the literary world, and so on, such "vicious customs and phenomena," form part of Baoyang's reflection on tradition. The Root of Evil: The Shackles of the National Soul explores the various ugly manifestations of China, this so-called "land of propriety." China has long been praised as a "land of propriety," but Baoyang dares to question, "What kind of land is it?" The emergence of the "demon wind" of "naked literature" in the literary world, and so on, such "vicious customs and phenomena," form part of Baoyang's reflection on tradition.