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I wonder how much pre-CCP Chinese culture has been distorted since the CCP took over and implemented the Cultural Revolution and its more might-makes-right philosophy, and how much of that book still applies? Some does I’m sure, but is all of it still accurate?

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Again, it cuts both ways. How much will westerners willingly misunderstand because it intersects with the ideological conflict?

Why aren't we asking questions about western colonialism's impact on the culture? Too awkward?

It's a culture of 1.5 billion people presently, over a few thousand years. Probably "fewer generations separated from subsistence farming" is more influential than anything ideological.

To claim it's a single culture of 1.5 billion is really interesting. China is many countries and cultures in one, but ruled by a certain class. Any outward disrespect China may feel could be seen as a handy distraction from problems of keeping 1.5 billion people the "same".

Ok, mostly one culture. Yes there are Mongols, uyghurs, etc but they're a pretty small % even added all together.

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