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The argument that a collection of 4-character phrases in this particular manual and in the many other that follow using the same name, particularly after 1911,
by notresidenter 3y ago
The argument that a collection of 4-character phrases in this particular manual and in the many other that follow using the same name, particularly after 1911, is enough to "criticize the emperor" misses the point.
It is not an idiosyncratic interpretation either, but it is one of a contemporary, Peng Ziyun (see Dazhongyu yu dazhong wenhuade shuizhun wenti, Shehui Bao, 1934, VII, 3)
As far as I'm aware, Lu Xun shared this opinion.
- notresidenter 3y agoActually, I've found Lu Xun defending exactly that in the part VIII of that essay. This is absolutely not an "idiosyncratic interpretation". Imperfect translation: "Expressing one's own thoughts with this was impossible, the number of characters being far too small. In short, it was as if a prisoner had been given a little space, but limited in such a way that he could walk, stand, sit or lie down, without the possibility of jumping out of the cage installed for him."