施爱东 / Shi Aidong
施爱东 / Shi Aidong is the folklore scholar recommended at the end of 127. 闲聊十二生肖之龙：神奇动物在哪里. The episode identifies him as the author of [[TheInventionOfChineseDragon|《中国龙的发明：近现代中国形象的域外变迁》]], the book that anchors the source’s argument about the modern transformation of dragon imagery.
For the wiki, Shi’s role is methodological. He lets the episode treat [[ChineseDragon|龙]] as a historically changing image rather than a timeless ethnic essence. His book is used to connect missionaries, European China-fashion and later anti-China caricature, the Qing Dragon Flag / 大清龙旗, totemist theory, nationalist pressure, and popular music into one Dragon National Symbol Invention / 龙的民族象征发明 sequence.
Key Claims
- Shi Aidong is used as the source’s main scholarly reference for modern Chinese dragon-image history.
- The episode presents his work as especially useful because it crosses folklore, image circulation, translation, and nationalism.
- His book keeps the dragon-symbol question historical: a symbol can feel ancient while its national meaning is partly modern.
Connections
- [[TheInventionOfChineseDragon|《中国龙的发明：近现代中国形象的域外变迁》]] - book recommended by the episode.
- [[ChineseDragon|龙]] and Dragon National Symbol Invention / 龙的民族象征发明 - main subject and concept.
- Cross-Cultural Dragon Translation / 龙与 Dragon 的跨文化翻译, Qing Dragon Flag / 大清龙旗, and Totemism And Nationalism / 图腾主义与民族主义 - major routes through which the book’s argument enters the source.