Abstract: Tso Tsungt’ang, Soldier and Statesman of Old China, written by foreign scholar William Leslie Bales, is a unique perspective on modern Chinese history through the biography of a renowned historical figure. Based on the narratology, this paper analyzes the narrative structure and characteristics of the work in terms of narrative time from three dimensions: order, duration, and frequency, which aims to deepen domestic scholars’ understanding of the expressive patterns of western narrative works, provide insights for cross-textual and ...
