6. The Goujian Story in a Privatizing China

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List Of Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxiii
7. 1. The Goujian Story in Antiquity 1
8. 2. The Burden of National Humiliation: Late Qing and Republican Years 36
9. 3. The Plight of Chiang Kai-shek’s Taiwan 87
10. 4. Crisis and Response: The Woxin changdan Fever of the Early 1960s 136
11. 5. Political Allegory in the 1980s: Xiao Jun and Bai Hua 177
12. 6. The Goujian Story in a Privatizing China 203
13. Conclusion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives 228
14. Notes 241
15. Character List 289
16. Bibliography 303
17. Index 339