Western Pseudohistory Theory

The term "Western Pseudohistory Theory" (simplified Chinese: 西方伪史论; traditional Chinese: 西方偽史論; pinyin: Xīfāng wěi shǐ lùn) is a catch-all term referring to a series of Russian inspired Chinese fringe theories that question the authenticity of Western history, and which generally hold that the histories of ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, and ancient Rome contain a large number of fabrications, or even that all of them are fabricated. Many elements of this theory are borrowed from Russian mathematician Anatoly Fomenko's new chronology theory, and have thus been traced back to French scholar Jean Hardouin. In 2013, after Chinese art scholar He Xin published his book Greek Pseudohistory Examination questioning the existence of ancient Greece, this theory gradually spread on the Chinese Internet. Chinese historiography and classics community either completely disagrees with this theory or simply does not want to spend time refuting these claims.