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LIEN HENG (1878-1936) AND THE GENERAL HISTORY OF TAIWAN
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Throughout his life, the Taiwanese poet, linguist, and historian Lien Heng devoted himself to the creation of a distinct Taiwanese culture. According to his ideal, the Taiwanese culture was not merely an extension of the local Min-nan culture, but rather a diverse and distinct one that was compatible with China's main cultural stream of the Central Plains, chung-yuan wen-hua. The three-volume General History of Taiwan, completed in 1918 and published in 1920 and 1921, presents his constructiv...
