Since I have cultivated literary virtues, everyone in my eyes can belong to my clan.

Chinese nationalism can be traced back to before Confucius. "Shangshu" says: "(After Dayu controlled the floods) there was no idleness and no desolation, and the four barbarians came to the king"; "The east is called Yi, the west is called Rong, the south is called Man, and the north is called Di."

.The problem of distinguishing between "civilized" and "barbarian" is historically known as the "Hua-barbarian distinction". At this point, Wu Gou wants to clarify the ideas of this book for everyone. The main idea to be expressed in this book is nationality.

Chinese nationalism has a characteristic that is very different from Western nationalism, that is, it is not judged by race, but by culture (ideology). After Confucianism became the ruling ideology of China, the concept of distinguishing different races by blood in slave society basically disappeared

.Confucius said: "It is better for the Yi and Di to have kings than for the Xia to perish." This means that although the barbarians retain their kings, they do not understand etiquette and justice; although China sometimes has no kings, it still has etiquette and justice. After the five chaos in China, the Han government moved southward and northward.

ruled by ethnic minority regimes.

When the Sui Dynasty unified China, the Han people no longer called the rulers "barbarians". Regardless of the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, although the rulers were all descendants of the Han ethnic group, they would inevitably intermarry with the Hu people when living in barbaric areas.

Recognition as an orthodox dynasty has a significant relationship with the "Hua-Yi distinction". As long as the ethnic minority regimes accept "rituals and righteousness", they are one family. In order to prove the legitimacy of the regime, the minority rulers of the Yuan and Qing dynasties proposed: "

Today, those who can use scholars and practice Chinese ways are the masters of China." Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty said: "If China has barbarians and Di, then the barbarians will be theirs;

Those who oppose the concept of blood are superior to the Yi and Di. Therefore, the Chinese nation can become a multi-ethnic concept.

In modern times, China was invaded by Western countries, and Sinocentrism became increasingly marginalized with the deepening of colonization. In order to oppose feudal autocracy, the emerging national bourgeoisie must deny Confucianism and at the same time use Western (modern) national

Doctrine replaced the traditional Confucian view of the Chinese nation. From then on, nationalism based on ethnic groups became the slogan of the bourgeois revolution, the most famous of which is "Drive out the Tartars and restore China." This is obviously the slogan of Han nationalism.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, in order to maintain unity, the concept of "co-prosperity of the five ethnic groups" was put forward, which was actually a kind of nationalism based on regional identity. In other words, the people living in the more than 10 million square kilometers of "China" are

"China".

The dream of "Imperial Han" is to see all over China, where everyone wears Han clothes, wears Han hair, wears Han crowns, and wears Han shoes. The Yi, Rong, and barbarians are all driven away from China. All Han people return to the territory of China. The orthodox system is adopted.

Traffic etiquette. Those who are disrespectful to the Han people are treated with contempt like ants. Protecting the Han culture is as important as protecting the culture of other ethnic groups. However, the Han people should not have any privileges in this regard. The revival of Hanfu does not mean wearing it every day, but

Let it be passed down as a national heritage like Tang poetry and Song poetry, just like the heritage of other ethnic groups. And this inheritance should not carry any national prejudice or discrimination, and should be based on national equality and equality based on the working class.

National unity is the consistent goal of communists.

No one prevents the Han people from retaining and passing on their own cultural traditions. This is the right that every ethnic group should have. However, other ethnic groups should also have this right. The Han people have no privileges at all. They have no privilege to force other ethnic groups to obey.

Han culture and ideas.

Whether it was the Yuan Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, or the Northern Wei Dynasty earlier, or even the once powerful Xiongnu, the culture of these ethnic groups has either been completely extinct, or has disappeared in real life, turning into "Han people" with the blood of ethnic minorities.

Or face the crisis of extinction. If you are a Huns or Manchus, what do you think? The superiority of Chinese culture, which is dominated by the Han nationality, comes from its promotion of social development, but this advantage cannot exist forever. When it hinders development, it will inevitably lose its charm.

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In addition, there is also the issue of ethnic identification. In other words, what is the Han nationality? Why is the Han nationality still called the Han nationality despite the integration of so many nationalities? It does not make sense if it is explained by the concept of blood. The pure-bred Han people may have already been called the Han nationality.
Chapter completed!