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“Quyuan Predicament”and the spiritual problem of Chinese intellectuals

Cheng Shi-he

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Conflicting with the Chinese absolute monarchy, Chinese intellectuals were caught in a kind of political or spiritual predicament. The hstoric circumstances of Chinese intellectuals caused that they expounded Quyuan'works from generation to generation. After the Song Dynasty, because Chinese intellectuals were faced with a dangerous situation in the form of both domestic trouble and foreign invasion, Chinese intellectuals'“Quyuan Predicament”became more and more serious. From ancient China to present China, thousands of years of history written by Chinese intellectuals show forth the influencing problems or circumstances within China and together with the special style in which chinese culture is expounded, explain the spiritual problem of intellectuals in China.

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Conflicting with the Chinese absolute monarchy, Chinese intellectuals were caught in a kind of political or spiritual predicament. The hstoric circumstances of Chinese intellectuals caused that they expounded Quyuan'works from generation to generation. After the Song Dynasty, because Chinese intellectuals were faced with a dangerous situation in the form of both domestic trouble and foreign invasion, Chinese intellectuals'“Quyuan Predicament”became more and more serious. From ancient China to present China, thousands of years of history written by Chinese intellectuals show forth the influencing problems or circumstances within China and together with the special style in which chinese culture is expounded, explain the spiritual problem of intellectuals in China.

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Conflicting with the Chinese absolute monarchy, Chinese intellectuals were caught in a kind of political or spiritual predicament. The hstoric circumstances of Chinese intellectuals caused that they expounded Quyuan'works from generation to generation. After the Song Dynasty, because Chinese intellectuals were faced with a dangerous situation in the form of both domestic trouble and foreign invasion, Chinese intellectuals'“Quyuan Predicament”became more and more serious. From ancient China to present China, thousands of years of history written by Chinese intellectuals show forth the influencing problems or circumstances within China and together with the special style in which chinese culture is expounded, explain the spiritual problem of intellectuals in China.

Key concepts: China, History, Politics, History of China, Style (visual arts), Monarchy, Chinese literature, Ancient history

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