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Myths of the Creation of Chinese
Myths of the Creation of Chinese
Zhaoyuan Tian Shuxian Ye Hang Qian •
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Myths of the Creation of Chinese
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Zhaoyuan Tian School of Social Development East China Normal University Shanghai, China
Shuxian Ye Zhiyuan College Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China
Hang Qian College of Humanities and Communications Shanghai Normal University Shanghai, China Translated By Tian Zhang, Liang Ming, Jasmine Fan, Xuan Zhang, Hannah Wu
ISBN 978-981-15-5927-3 ISBN 978-981-15-5928-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5928-0
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Preface
During the National Day holiday of 2016, Shanghai Library launched a lecture series called “The Creation Myths of China”. Before that, I was entrusted to invite scholars and decide the topics. The series was to consist of six sessions lectured by three speakers. Then Mr. Shuxian Ye, the expert in mythology and Mr. Hang Qian, the expert in social history both joined me; we co-conducted the entire series. Initiated by the Shanghai Library, publicized and promoted by the local media, we sparked an interest in creation mythology among the public: the lectures were so well received that none of us had expected. Therefore, Shanghai Library decided to put these lectures together into a book. Through the hard work of the forum organizers and the editors of Shanghai Jiao tong University Press, th
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