Why has there never been an epic in China's 5000-year history?

People say that China has a history of more than 5,000 years, but we find that in such a long history, why didn't people produce an epic?

This matter should start with Hegel. Hegel is a philosopher. He once put forward his own viewpoint in aesthetics, that is, there is no national epic in China.

But many people are dissatisfied with this view, because although we Han people don't have the national epic like Homer's epic, we still have the national epic.

According to the model of Homer's epic, the Mongolian's Jianger, the Tibetan's King Gelsall and the Kirgiz's Manas can all be called epics. There are other epics that don't follow the pattern of Homer's epics: Shengmin, Gong Liu, Mian, Yidi and Daming. These are all Zhou's epics. There are actually many such epics. Since there are so many national epics, why can it be said that there has never been an epic in China's 5,000-year history?

The reason may be: prejudice. At that time, China was not as developed as the West. Many people take themselves as the center to measure other regions, always feel that they are above others, and even make a wild comment that China has never published an epic. Because people at that time felt inferior, many people felt that what they said was right, and they never thought about any flaws at all.

So, why is there no epic in China's 5,000-year history? There are two reasons: first, Europeans are self-centered; Second: national inferiority complex. Fortunately, many people have proved that China has a national epic.