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SUMMARY:The “Birth” of Chinese Mythology in the Modern Era and the Mak
 ing of a New National and Ethnic Identity - Jeongha Lee\, Ewha Womans Univ
 ersity
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CONTACT:Geonyoung Kim
DESCRIPTION:Before mythology was introduced to modern East Asia\, China po
 ssessed neither the concept nor the vocabulary for “myth.” In 1895\, t
 he term shinwa (神話) was first employed in Japan as a translation of th
 e Western word “myth\,” and after Jiang Guanyun (蔣觀雲) published 
 the earliest study of Chinese myth in 1903\, early Chinese mythologists ca
 me to share a common understanding: myth could serve as a means of saving 
 the nation and its people from the threat of Western powers. By reflecting
  on Western myths\, they sought to rebuild a national identity endangered 
 in an era of civilizational transition and to restore China to the ranks o
 f civilized nations\, centering this effort on the Yellow Emperor (黃帝)
 \, whom they elevated as the progenitor of the Chinese nation. Reinforcing
  this project was the rise of nineteenth-century racial theory.  Although 
 originally formulated by Westerners to disparage East Asians\, the notion 
 of the “yellow race” was appropriated by some Chinese intellectuals as
  a tool of self-assertion\; by linking it to the Yellow Emperor\, they arg
 ued that the “true” China should be freed from Mongol and Manchu rule\
 , which they regarded as foreign.\n\nZoom link: https://bit.ly/3LtyviJ \n\
 nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89806369168?pwd=AbtMbAVULTa09vJe8HlOMLXdP4dewD.
 1\n\nMeeting number: 898 0636 9168\nPassword: 720097
LOCATION:Online: zoom link provided in abstract
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