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1949 Praise
Yang Rubin
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In addition to the Communist Party's historical view, the Kuomintang's historical view and the Taiwan independence historical view,
Reinterpreting the Historical Symbol: "1949"
On October 1, 1949, the Communist Party of China was founded and the People's Republic of China was established.
On December 7, 1949, the Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan, and New Taiwan was born.
The people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait each have their own version of 1949. For New China, 1949 primarily holds political significance.
The year 1949 holds cultural significance for New Taiwan.
1949 is Taiwan's year, and it gives Taiwan a certain historical framework.
From the Han Chinese perspective, 1661, 1895, and 1949 are the three most critical years in Taiwanese history.
In 1661, Zheng Chenggong drove out the Dutch, thus establishing Han Chinese immigration as the main historical axis of social change in Taiwan.
After the Japanese occupied Taiwan in 1895, Taiwan quickly became a colony of the emerging imperialists and was quickly swept into the modernization process of "civilization" and entered the modern world system.
The historical landmark of 1949 was the defeat of the Nationalist government and its retreat to Taiwan, which resulted in an unprecedented influx of immigrants.
"A Tribute to 1949" is the latest book by Professor Yang Rubin of the Department of Chinese Literature at National Tsing Hua University. It reinterprets the historical symbol "1949" from perspectives of the Communist Party, the Kuomintang, and Taiwanese independence. The book focuses on:
The 1949 southern migration across the Yangtze River is one of the three major southward migrations in Chinese history, rivaling the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Yongjia crossing and the Southern Song Dynasty's Jingkang crossing. Of the three major waves of migration in Taiwanese history, 1949 is the most culturally significant. 1949 created the new intellectual landscape of "Two Sides, Three Places," with the simultaneous establishment of New China, New Taiwan, and New Hong Kong. Taiwanese scholarship after 1949 is a successor to Republican scholarship and a promoter of a different kind of May Fourth spirit. The tortuous developments across the Taiwan Strait in 1949 point to the fusion of Chinese and Western modernity. Taiwan's experience of cross-cultural character provides crucial theoretical resources for the emerging new Chinese culture.
Although the origin of this book began with the author Yang Rubin's self-questioning, its exploration direction is clear and it is a very meaningful public discourse.
Author Yang Rubin argues that those of us who grew up in the post-1949 era of great division had no choice but to be cast by fate at the juncture of East-West conflict and the intersection of past and present. Our personal growth and the world that framed our lives evolved together, the tide of time propelling us through the eras of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, and, soon, Ma Ying-jeou. Then, the youth of our youth grew old, and the fleeting passage of time carried us into the mixed joys and sorrows of middle age.
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After the Sunflower Movement, there was a major reversal. At a time when anti-China sentiment was fashionable, Yang Rubin, a local Taiwan patriot, undoubtedly took a heavy toll by "praising" 1949 and promoting Taiwan as the final destination of the "Southward Migration" culture, placing Taiwan squarely within the context of Greater China's history. -- David Wang (Academician of the Academia Sinica and Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University)
When we think of 1949, we usually think of traumatic words like "retreat," "relocation to Taiwan," and "never forget Ju." However, Yang Rubin ingeniously and solemnly uses the word "praise." Yang Rubin focuses on 1949, but like a carp transforming into a giant eagle, he soars across the length of history and the vastness of the sky, leading us to a different perspective and a different view of 1949. -- Chen Yizhen (Chairman and CEO of Trend Education Foundation)
Reinterpreting the Historical Symbol: "1949"
On October 1, 1949, the Communist Party of China was founded and the People's Republic of China was established.
On December 7, 1949, the Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan, and New Taiwan was born.
The people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait each have their own version of 1949. For New China, 1949 primarily holds political significance.
The year 1949 holds cultural significance for New Taiwan.
1949 is Taiwan's year, and it gives Taiwan a certain historical framework.
From the Han Chinese perspective, 1661, 1895, and 1949 are the three most critical years in Taiwanese history.
In 1661, Zheng Chenggong drove out the Dutch, thus establishing Han Chinese immigration as the main historical axis of social change in Taiwan.
After the Japanese occupied Taiwan in 1895, Taiwan quickly became a colony of the emerging imperialists and was quickly swept into the modernization process of "civilization" and entered the modern world system.
The historical landmark of 1949 was the defeat of the Nationalist government and its retreat to Taiwan, which resulted in an unprecedented influx of immigrants.
"A Tribute to 1949" is the latest book by Professor Yang Rubin of the Department of Chinese Literature at National Tsing Hua University. It reinterprets the historical symbol "1949" from perspectives of the Communist Party, the Kuomintang, and Taiwanese independence. The book focuses on:
The 1949 southern migration across the Yangtze River is one of the three major southward migrations in Chinese history, rivaling the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Yongjia crossing and the Southern Song Dynasty's Jingkang crossing. Of the three major waves of migration in Taiwanese history, 1949 is the most culturally significant. 1949 created the new intellectual landscape of "Two Sides, Three Places," with the simultaneous establishment of New China, New Taiwan, and New Hong Kong. Taiwanese scholarship after 1949 is a successor to Republican scholarship and a promoter of a different kind of May Fourth spirit. The tortuous developments across the Taiwan Strait in 1949 point to the fusion of Chinese and Western modernity. Taiwan's experience of cross-cultural character provides crucial theoretical resources for the emerging new Chinese culture.
Although the origin of this book began with the author Yang Rubin's self-questioning, its exploration direction is clear and it is a very meaningful public discourse.
Author Yang Rubin argues that those of us who grew up in the post-1949 era of great division had no choice but to be cast by fate at the juncture of East-West conflict and the intersection of past and present. Our personal growth and the world that framed our lives evolved together, the tide of time propelling us through the eras of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, and, soon, Ma Ying-jeou. Then, the youth of our youth grew old, and the fleeting passage of time carried us into the mixed joys and sorrows of middle age.
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After the Sunflower Movement, there was a major reversal. At a time when anti-China sentiment was fashionable, Yang Rubin, a local Taiwan patriot, undoubtedly took a heavy toll by "praising" 1949 and promoting Taiwan as the final destination of the "Southward Migration" culture, placing Taiwan squarely within the context of Greater China's history. -- David Wang (Academician of the Academia Sinica and Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University)
When we think of 1949, we usually think of traumatic words like "retreat," "relocation to Taiwan," and "never forget Ju." However, Yang Rubin ingeniously and solemnly uses the word "praise." Yang Rubin focuses on 1949, but like a carp transforming into a giant eagle, he soars across the length of history and the vastness of the sky, leading us to a different perspective and a different view of 1949. -- Chen Yizhen (Chairman and CEO of Trend Education Foundation)
Publication Date
Publication Date
2025-01-16
Publisher
Publisher
聯經出版公司
Imprint
Imprint
Pages
Pages
304
ISBN
ISBN
9789570875829
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