China＇s New Nationalism and Its Obscene Core

This paper examines the recent current of nationalism in China's Mainland. It takes not only nationalist intellectual texts written by Wang Xiaodong and other ＂Say-no Club＂ members into critical scrutiny, but also nationalistic sentiments frequently appeared on the Chinese web and streets since the late 1990s. The findings of the analyses proffered by this paper are expected to enhance not only the understanding of today＇s China and Chinese nationalism as a localized and ＂embedded＂ discourse/phenomenon, but also, hopefully, that of nationalism and its generative and operational mechanism in general--nationalism is an ＂obscene discourse＂ and operates in the fantastic ground while producing real violence.

清初贰臣曹溶及其“遗民门客”

一绪言乾隆初年浙江山阴人沈冰壶撰《重麟玉册》八卷,用纪传的体裁来记述南明诸王的史事。书中《李映碧[清]傅》后有“附记”说:当时钱牧斋、吴梅林、龚芝麓、陈素巷、曹倦圃为江浙五不肖,皆蒙面灌浆人也。~①所谓“蒙面灌浆人,该是清初流行的一句骂人的话。“蒙面”一词,孔尚任在《桃花扇》里便用上过。该剧第三句《开丁》中记吴应箕咒骂阮大铖的话说:你的罪过,朝野俱知。蒙面丧心,还敢入庙?~②这是说阮圆海“虽然蒙着人的面皮,却丧失了人的良心”~③。