Bai Yang's Essay · "Ghosts' Talk" in the Official History of China

Author: Bei Yang
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Unveiling the veil of historical magnificence, Bei Yang presents the outright nonsense in the "official histories" to the world. He repeatedly laments that China's so-called "official histories" are nothing but "a flying elephant crossing a river and a continuous string of lies." The twenty-six histories of China, known as the "official histories," are truly a flying elephant crossing a river and a continuous string of lies. Those who follow the trend will surely be filled with indignation and in agony. Actually, calling them lies is still being polite. It's truly a jar of soy sauce—Chinese historians lack principles, morals, and logic. They label all the successful as outstanding, and all the failures as rioters or rebels. The famous Taiwanese writer Bei Yang shocked the world with his book "The Uncouth Chinese." In this book, Bei Yang continues to fiercely criticize the outdated customs and various of the nation.