The following is from the book review section of the Nikkei newspaper yesterday.
"Large Chinese history of reverse" Yang High- Author
It is an exciting book.
The author is the scholar who was naturalized in Japan at the hometown of Ordos in Inner Mongolia.
In this book, it faces the present situation and the grandfathers of the hometown, the hot thought of the author is filled.
In the opinion of the author, "the history in 4000 of China" or "Zhonghua" is falseness actually.
As for the nomadic equestrian people to live in the prairie - the desert zone which makes a center on Eurasia, from ancient times, Scyth, the hun, the Xianbei, Mongolia or Manche (Manchuria) had the openhearted sense of values which isn't particular about the race and the roots.
When seeing from the viewpoint of the nomadic civilization, "Chinese civilization" is only a local area civilization.
Actually, the conception of the attractive world system which attracts people in the world or the novel theory hasn't been ever born from narrow view of "Hua–Yi distinction" of the Han people.
It is in the times which were governed in the internationalism by the different ethnic groups that historic "China" prospered.
The Tang of the Xianbei descent, too, Yuan dynasty which was a part in the Mongol Empire, too, Qing dynasty which the Manchuria person and the Mongolian governed, too, tolerantly with the other people and the religion, the rich culture opened a flower.
Unfortunately, present China is an illiberal Han people center principle actually.
The Japanese who are too fond of the Chinese character culture, too, see history only in a Chinese look.
The author develops the claim to seem such extremeness about, too, while he quotes the statement of the earlier scholar and the result of the archaeology.
The experience of author himself, too, is interesting.
The Mongolian calls the ruins which the Chinese and the Japanese call "the Great Wall of China" in the excellent name "the white mud wall".
The author attempted to go to the Great Wall near the parents' home at the 5 or 6 year-old time.
The horse of the author crossed the Great Wall lightly.
It is a symbolical episode like children's story "the naked king".
The omit the last part
Commentary
Meiji University Professor Toru Kato