Introduction to the main works
Major Literary Works
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Rogue's Feast
——Discourse Transformation in Contemporary China
This book delves into the phenomenon of gangster discourse prevalent in contemporary China. Contemporary China is divided into two societies, one is the state society, and the other is a gangster society with no order, no faith, no authority, and no morals. It is based on the 200 million refugees who left the land and has become an invisible attribute of contemporary China. This book takes the identity theory as the logical premise, takes hooligan discourse as the object, and uses cool language, lewd language, and obscene language as the analysis elements, and analyzes the various cultural styles (novels, poems, art, music, and popular culture, etc.) The rogue narrative mode of the book has launched a comprehensive, in-depth, unique and novel interpretation, convincingly revealing the basic characteristics of rogue discourse. It's refreshing to read. It is a major breakthrough in the study of hooliganism, and it is also a rare harvest in the study of discourse in China's ideological circles in recent years.
The lonely majority
Solitude is to maintain spiritual independence. "The Lonely Majority" is a collection of reflections on current Chinese culture by Mr. Zhu Dake, a famous cultural scholar. The topics include culture, literature, film, architecture, history, geography and many other aspects. With the social conscience of a public intellectual, Mr. Zhu described the spiritual loneliness of the individual and the times under the changing times, the "loneliness of the world" in which belief and faith are lost, the "loneliness of speech" in which everyone is drunk and I am alone, and the search for "Cultural loneliness" for the conversion of the soul... From time to time in his writing, he shows his concern for the entire human culture, and thus creates the image of cultural loneliness: loneliness is also a ladder to climb to civilization.
cultural anxiety
——Zhu Dake Shouwang Book Series
"Cultural Anxiety Zhu Dake's Shouwang Book Series" includes five books including "Myth", "Judgment", "Utopia", "Prophet", and "Time", which are presented to readers in the form of a set, because it can be more comprehensive. , Completely embody Zhu Dake's language style and critical angle. Cultural criticism was introduced from the West, so when many Chinese scholars use literary criticism or cultural criticism, they almost completely analyze problems from a Western perspective, completely divorced from China's reality. However, Zhu Dake's cultural criticism and cultural deconstruction just retain the Chinese perspective. From his cultural criticism, it can be seen that he has a deep memory and feeling for Chinese history. Have you ever realized how brilliant our civilization is? The brilliance is still admiring the world. Do you know when we entered an age of ignorance? Through history, we can still feel the panic, fear and pain of the intellectuals in the Han Dynasty. Zhu Dake is never hesitant to use his precise language to decipher obscure metaphors, and he is never afraid to use his sharp thinking to cut off exaggerated and hypocritical pretense. A city made up of buildings, and every light in the city is, after all, a series of symbols of culture. The unique narratives about historical artifacts, such as beautiful jade, swords, bronze tripods, ancient mirrors, tea, porcelain, and silk, are profound in thought, elegant in style, and interpreted from a cultural perspective, and have become well-known stories. During the "prosperous period of literature" in the 1980s and 1990s, various genres competed for excellence, and poets and writers competed to show their individuality and talent on the stage of the times. As a witness and participant of those years, Zhu Dake has accumulated rich materials and profound thoughts. (Excerpt from the introduction to the book)
Chinese Mythology and the Origin of Qin and Han Thoughts
Chinese ancient gods
"Ancient Chinese Gods" explores the origin of ancient Chinese culture and mythology in a unique way, and discovers and proves that ancient religions/myths all over the world originated in Africa. ", proposing that the institutional prototype of the Qin Empire came from Persia, etc., revealing that China's pre-Qin mythology is the crystallization of the "Asian spiritual community". The author believes that a high degree of openness, learning from others' strengths, and then achieving transcendence and completing originality are the great characteristics of the Chinese cultural spirit and the main reason why it stands on the top of world civilization. These viewpoints subvert the academic views since the late Qing Dynasty, and provide insightful enlightenment for understanding the openness of Chinese culture, inheriting local historical traditions, and promoting the future revival of Chinese culture. They can be regarded as a major achievement of Chinese academics since 1949. . (Excerpt from the introduction to the book)
Explanation: The book has recently been encircled by the Cultural Revolution. The paperback version has been removed from Dangdang.com, but the hardcover version is still available for sale.
Selected Reading: Chapter 7, Section 2 of "Ancient Chinese Gods"
History of Ancient Chinese Mythology
Chinese Mythology Code
This book sorts out the Chinese mythology system from five aspects: the exploration of "Shan Hai Jing", the leaders of the gods in ancient times, the gods in daily life, the myths of animals, plants and utensils, the myths of Buddhism and Taoism and folk legends. It also discovers the relationship between Chinese and foreign myths hidden behind the names of gods, and examines Chinese myths in the world. At the same time, this book also interprets the historical facts behind the myths. Probably an immigrant dealing with an existential crisis. (Excerpt from the introduction to the book)
cultural wormhole
—— Zhu Dake Quotations
"Cultural Wormhole: Quotations from Zhu Dake" involves topics such as poetics, literature, discourse, beauty, body, lust, etc., starting from the analysis of poems by Qu Yuan, Milton, Tao Yuanming, Du Fu, Li Bai, Li He, Su Shi, etc. It expounds the viewpoints on classical poetics; starting with the phenomenon or ideology in the poetic world such as the "80s" poetry movement, modern avant-garde poetry, avant-garde poetry, today's school, obscurity poetry, etc., it analyzes the modern poetics thoroughly; In the examination of the cultural connotation of pre-Qin literature, Sanyan Erpai, "The Romance of the West Chamber", "The Peony Pavilion" and other classical literature, the "deified" coat is removed, and its most authentic form... "Cultural Wormhole: Zhu Dake Quotations involves literature, poetics, historiography, philosophy, sociology, etc. It looks at the phenomena and viewpoints that people have taken for granted from different perspectives, which is thought-provoking and thought-provoking. (Excerpt from the introduction to the book)