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September 10, 2025Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

Love with Chinese Characteristics: Mother Love and the Sublime

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MEMaram EpsteinUniversity of Oregon

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This analysis reveals how mother love reshapes views on affection in Republican texts, suggesting it offers a communitarian ideal that transcends material concerns.

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Mother love emerges as a powerful force, counterbalancing the limitations of romantic love in Republican narratives.
Bing Xin and Su Xuelin's fictional texts illustrate a shift towards mother love as a new philosophy for societal salvation.
The study highlights how female and male writers alike recognized the sublime potential of mother love in inspiring patriotism.
This approach argues against seeing mother love merely as a conservative remnant of the Confucian past.

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Maram Epstein (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1bb7054b1d3bfb60eda36 https://doi.org/10.3366/mclc.2025.0072

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This analysis reveals how mother love reshapes views on affection in Republican texts, suggesting it offers a communitarian ideal that transcends material concerns.

Love with Chinese Characteristics: Mother Love and the Sublime

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Love with Chinese Characteristics: Mother Love and the Sublime

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