TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hongtu,Li
AU  -  Huiyi,Wu
AU  -  Chamayou,Marie-Paule
TI  - A Shifting Vision from tianxa (below-the-Sky) to yang (across-the-Ocean) : The Evolution of the Representation of the Outside World for the Chinese
PY  - 2013///.
							
N1  - 35
N2  - This paper provides a conceptual outline of the evolution of what the Chinese knew about the outside world. The long-standing idea of tianxa – “below-the-Sky” – represented China as the centre of the world surrounded by yi – the barbarians. The 1840 Opium War shattered this concept. The outsider, who was formerly referred to as yi, became yang – the one from “across-the-Ocean” – and embodied civilization. From then on, the Chinese worldview engaged in a radical transformation
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mondes1-2013-1-page-91?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -