Deficiency Root - The Shackles of the National Soul

Author: Bo Yang
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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 paper assignments, there is much in ancient texts about China being a land of propriety and righteousness. But in practice, our propriety and righteousness have stagnated or regressed to a state of savagery. If we fail to practice propriety and righteousness, writing thirty million more books and thirty million more articles will still leave us in savagery. —— Bo Yang's The Inferior Root: The Shackles of the National Soul explores the various ugly manifestations of China, this so-called "land of propriety and righteousness." China has long been praised as a "land of propriety and righteousness," but Bo Yang dared to question, "What kind of land is it?" The rise of "naked literature" in the literary world, along with other such "vicious winds and bad customs," form part of Bo Yang's reflection on tradition. The Inferior Root: The Shackles of the National Soul delves into the ugly manifestations of China, this so-called "land of propriety and righteousness." China has long been praised as a "land of propriety and righteousness," but Bo Yang dared to question, "What kind of land is it?" The rise of "naked literature" in the literary world, along with other such "vicious winds and bad customs," form part of Bo Yang's reflection on tradition.