"General Liu Was Cowardly When Meeting Less Enemies in His Life":Changes of Liu Xiu's Social Images
In the process of Liu Xiu's achievement of the Eastern Han Dynasty emperor,several different social images were brought into being:"cautious and fearful,diligent in crops"in his youth,"General Liu was cowardly when meeting less enemies in his life"before the Battle of Kunyang,and"holy emperor"after the Battle of Kunyang.For a long time,Liu Xiu's image of the"holy emperor"has been continuously written by historians and literati in the past dynasties,and has constantly infiltrated people's historical memory.However,"cowardly when meeting less enemies in his life",which seems to damage Liu Xiu's heroic image,is ignored more or less.Examining the changes of Liu Xiu's social images can deepen the cognition of his personality traits and more completely understand the growth process of Liu Xiu.
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