- InancientRome,notonlymanymalegladiatorsperformedintheamphitheater,butalsosomefemalegladiators,mostofwhomwereslaves,andsomeofthemwerefreewomen,evenaristocraticwomen.In"warandPeace",TolstoydescribedthedepressionandinjuriesofhumanbeingsandCzaristRussi...
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- Thiscountryhasneverhadagenuinearistocracyoranaristocratictradition.TheoriginalintentionofConfuciusandearlyConfucianismishumanisticcultivation,orthetrainingofaristocraticpersonality.Culturalhistoriansandmoralistshavetendedtowritefromanaristocraticpoin...
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- UnlikeTom,whowasafoundling,JiaBaoyuintheChinesenovelwasthepamperedsonofawealthy,influential,aristocraticfamily.DuringQingrule,somenovelsofhighartisticvaluewerecreated,ofwhichCaoXueqin'sDreamofRedMansionsisthebestknown.Itdescribesthedeclineofaprosper...
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