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Overseas Dissemination of Confucianism in the Documentary “Hello, China”
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Abstract
The introduction of Confucius and Confucianism in the French version of the documentary Hello, China plays a crucial role in promoting traditional Chinese Confucian culture to French-speaking countries. By using French as the narration language for the documentary, it facilitates the dissemination of Confucianism to French-speaking nations, particularly in Francophone Africa. This paper adopts a multimodal text analysis approach to explore how the documentary Hello, China constructs Confucius’ personal image and his Confucian identity, as well as how it spreads Confucian culture overseas. Through analysis, the study aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the documentary, thereby suggesting ways to improve the global dissemination of Confucianism and promoting its broader and deeper outreach.
Keywords
documentary, Confucius, overseas dissemination of Confucianism, multimodal analysis
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Li,J. (2024). Overseas Dissemination of Confucianism in the Documentary “Hello, China”. Advances in Social Behavior Research,10,69-72.
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