TY - BOOK AU - Bo Yin PY - 2023 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9781433193187 TI - The Grass and the Crops T2 - The Integration of Two Worlds into the Chinese Civilization DO - 10.3726/b19093 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1311447 N2 - Focusing on the integration of the Chinese civilization over the last four millennia, this book outlines the history of clashes, interactions, and fusion between the Huaxia civilization and the Grassland civilization, the two major powers shaping the history of China, from multiple perspectives. It particularly emphasizes how the two regional civilizations adapted themselves in response to each other throughout their evolution, and how they eventually combined to reach the pinnacle of a unified shining Chinese civilization. This book is a macroscopic delineation of the Chinese civilization aiming at helping readers better understand the origin of the Chinese identity, the Chinese nation, and its future. KW - ancient Chinese civilization, Identity, Grasslands LA - English ER -