Abstract
Ancient novels such as The Scholars, The Travel Notes of Lao Can, and The Water Margin were frequently selected into Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools during the Republic of China period. Because The Scholars was closely related to the Vernacular Movement and catered to the taste of young students, it came to be the most frequently selected novel, and its excerpt, "The Childhood of Wang Mian," became the most frequently selected story. During the Republican period, Chinese textbooks were arranged in accordance with the theme, language, and era of each work, and editors tended to select similar rather than diversified passages fromThe Scholars. This phenomenon shared a close connection to the Republican period's selection of traditional cultural resources.
First Page
118
Last Page
127
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Hongbo. 2019. "The Selection of The Scholars in Chinese Textbooks and Homogenization in the Canonization Process during the Republic of China Period." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 39, (6): pp.118-127. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss6/18
