Chapter 624 What is the prosperous Tang Dynasty (3)
Then the fourth level is the Spring and Autumn Period, the Han Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. These can be regarded as a very powerful and balanced dynasty, and there are many wise monarchs and wise ministers.
Let’s talk about the Spring and Autumn Period first. From a cultural perspective, here are the most brilliant and prosperous schools of thought in our history. The most powerful saints such as Lao Tzu, Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Mozi, Sunzi, and Zhuangzi were all born in this era, laying a solid foundation for our entire Chinese history civilization. Not to mention these big guys, even those who are better than them, such as Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Pang Juan, Shang Yang, etc., can shock a large number of them in later generations.
Then in terms of military and political aspects, there are the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Unlike the more arrogant and domineering Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, they still paid more attention to etiquette and dignity during the Spring and Autumn Period. Everyone values their reputation and face. Take the most awesome Duke of Qi Huan and Duke Wen of Jin among the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Their goals are also to support the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty and make it famous all over the world. Duke of Qi Huan and Guan Zhong even combined the princes to fight against the surrounding barbarians, making our Han people firmly occupy the orthodox position of Chinese civilization.
Then there was the Qing Dynasty. Everyone knew that the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchus. In the early days of the founding of the country, they also did many bloody things, such as the famous "Leave the head, "Leave the head, and "Leave the head, and the "Three Massacres of Jiading", killing many Han people. Fortunately, the next few emperors still attached great importance to Sinology, and took the lead in reading Han books, writing Chinese characters, learning Chinese, etc. For example, the emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties were all masters of Sinology, and their brush calligraphy was more beautiful than most Han scholars.
In addition, they also learned from the experience and lessons of the dark rule of the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, they firmly controlled the power of the eunuchs, and did not organize any spies from the south and north factories. On the other hand, they also lighted taxes and paid tributes to the people's livelihood. This led to the Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era that lasted for more than 100 years. The people finally passed a long peaceful life. At that time, Qianlong's later years of old age also held a banquet for the elderly, summoning elderly people over 80 to the capital to eat hot pot. As a result, there were many people, and even dozens of people over 100 years old. This situation was absolutely impossible to happen in a prosperous era. If it were the Yuan Dynasty, these people would have died of overwork at the age of 40.
Finally, there was the Han Dynasty, which was one of the two major dynasties that our Chinese children were most proud of in the prosperous Tang and powerful Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty also deserved this title. During the founding period, there was a glorious deed of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang overthrew the tyrannical Qin, made three rules, and defeating the arrogant Western Chu king Xiang Yu. Although he was later bullied by the Huns in the north, his descendant Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che helped him to exclaim this and escaped with his principal and profit. Hou Weiqing, Changping and Hou Huo Qubing took turns to attack, making the Huns unable to stay in their hometown, so they could only go west and harm Europe.
I feel sorry for Europe for three seconds here. Although Europe is the first world now, its economy and culture are extremely strong, but at that time, all the nomadic peoples who were defeated by us and could not stay in the north could only run to them. But they could not beat them. There is no need to say more about who is stronger and weak.
As for the later Guangwu Revival, it also added a lot of color to the Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu has always been an underrated emperor. As long as everyone talks about the awesome emperors, the Emperor Tang, Emperor Song Zu, Emperor Qin, Emperor Han Wu, Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong, the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Envoys and Cao, etc., and even losers like the King of Western Chu have many fans. But in fact, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu is really good, good at using people and has no obvious flaws. It is just that because he is relatively low-key and has no legends to promote, he has become the emperor.
Of course, the only shortcoming of the Han Dynasty was culture. The most famous culture of the Han Dynasty was Fu. This is a style with a larger form than content. It can only be said to be distinctive, but it is not the same as the Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan lyrics, Ming and Qing dynasties. It has basically been lost now. Dong Zhongshu's abolishment of all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism, which destroyed 90% of our gorgeous and colorful cultures of various schools of thought. The only remaining Confucian culture was castrated and became male and female. This may be the fundamental reason for the countless sissies in later generations. It is precisely because of this reason that it lost the qualification to compete with the Tang Dynasty.
In the last level, there is only one candidate left, that is the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
There is no reason, because of its balance and tolerance. In terms of culture, she has the greatest poets, Li Du, Li Du, Bai Juyi, Wang Mojie, etc., including Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Yan Jin and Liu Gu, and Tang Xuanzang; in terms of martial arts, she has Tian Khan Tang Taizong, Anxi Protectorate Beiting Protectorate and other fortresses established by the surrounding ethnic minorities. Everyone, look at the US military garrison in Okinawa, Japan, I eat yours and drink yours and yours, and you still soak yours. Finally, you have to bow and thank you and understand; in terms of emperors, there is the first emperor in my mind, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and the only female emperor Wu Zetian, although her personal character is a problem, she cannot deny her political achievements. Cixi's old bitch is a scum in front of her.
These people in later generations are familiar with each other. Maybe their ears are all calloused, so let's discuss from the perspective of the enemy from another perspective. Who is the biggest enemy of our country? I believe that nine out of ten people will say it is Japan. Yes, our neighbors separated by a sea have never been at peace with us. They have caused us great harm in the last century, but this nation has a very strange characteristic, that is, I will kneel down and lick whoever is strong, and even if you slap me, I will greet me with a smile; and if you are weaker than me, even if you are polite or respectful, I will still bully you. Everyone says there is nothing.
But there are only two countries that this country worships. Modern is the United States. In the past, it was the Tang Dynasty. Nara City was completely imitated based on Chang'an at that time. It was made even more thorough than the ones in the Guinian. It was not even mentioned in micro-creation. It was just like the whole Yizhao Maohuahu. When we talked about this, we had to sigh. However, our own country had already lost these things. Now we have to go to Japan to find the most authentic Tang culture. It has to be said that it is a shame. Moreover, they have always regarded themselves as descendants of the Tang Dynasty. When they invaded China, they used this as a slogan, saying that we Chinese were not worthy of being descendants of the Tang Dynasty.
The enemy's evaluation is often more telling, just like Jordan is called the God of NBA because he is not because he has many fans and supporters, but because he has defeated all his opponents; and no one can do it before or after.
The same is true in the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an was the political, economic and cultural center of the entire global village at that time. None of them. At that time, foreigners were proud to be able to come to China. If they could be an official here, they could go back and play for a lifetime, but they could not drive them away. They were a hundred times more determined than the attitude of some people in our country to go to the United States to get green cards. This is a paradise. I want me to go back to the original village. Don't even think about it. I'm going to die here.
Therefore, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the glorious image of all nations coming to the dynasty has always been in Du Jia's heart. At this time, he chose Tang for his future national name without hesitation. This was not a historical regression, but a tribute to the most dazzling era in China.
Chapter completed!