Date Thesis Awarded
7-2012
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
Advisor
Yanfang Tang
Committee Members
Craig N. Canning
Eric Han
Abstract
Ever since the execution of the heroic Song Dynasty general Yue Fei by the "archetypical traitor" Qin Hui, the epithet hanjian ("Han traitor" or "traitor to China") has persisted as one of the most damning in the Chinese language. However, there has been no overarching study of the term's development in English-language scholarship. This paper describes the various groups that have been described as hanjian since the nineteenth century and examines the ethnic, political, and national issues that these "traitors to China" reveal.
Recommended Citation
Hurley, Stephen John, "Shame of a Nation: The Evolution of Hanjian since the Late Qing" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 504.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/504
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.