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Cox points to the importance of disti nguishing between dialogues that mean to be verisimilar and therefore seek to represent believable and decorous behavior and those that do not. All of these reflect aspects of the culture of the Chinese family that contrast with that of the European family and marriage system, and shape Chinese demographic behavior in disti nctive ways. The key concepts of patriotism--"obedience to the law," "prosperity to the country"--had come to signify, "in the mouths of these disti nguished statesmen, a mean and servile acquiescence in the most flagitious and profligate legislation in favor of slavery" (252-53). |
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