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History, Fiction, and Myth

History, Fiction, and Myth. Limit historical account or the brevity of it often gives people room to write fiction, reconstruct facts, and create myth First Emperor Tyrannical character/personality Cruel and inhumane Endless ambition: the Great Wall, the Mausoleum

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History, Fiction, and Myth

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  1. History, Fiction, and Myth • Limit historical account or the brevity of it often gives people room to write fiction, reconstruct facts, and create myth • First Emperor • Tyrannical character/personality • Cruel and inhumane • Endless ambition: the Great Wall, the Mausoleum • Qian Long: “Perfect” Emperor with Ten Completions • Image, Myth and Reality?

  2. Cultural Heroes: • Kong Ming: a nearly omniscient military strategist/advisor • Military Hero • Lord Guan: an unsurpassable military man/general/hero • Heroine: • Ban Zhao • Empress Wu • Image, Myth and Reality?

  3. Myth Related to Public Work • The Great Wall • Legend associated with Qin Wall and walls constructed by the feudal states during the Warring States Period • Great Wall throughout Chinese history • Early Maps of China and the myth of the Great Wall

  4. Myth related to women and custom • Women as a totally suppressed and exploited class • Footbinding throughout Chinese history

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