Someone advised me to publish a single chapter, so I’ll just publish it.
I really can’t help it, so I’ll post a single chapter.
Some people say that Western history is all fake, but I won’t comment. There is not a single word in the book saying whether their history is true or false.
I only write things that can be proven to be true.
Western history says that Euclid wrote a book called "Optics", so how to prove that he wrote it?
Coincidentally, the Arab scholar Ibn Haitham wrote the "Encyclopedia of Optics" or "Book of Light" in 1021.
In the book, he refuted Euclid's statement that human eyes emit light, hit objects, and then see objects.
He believed that light reflected from objects enters people's eyes, so people can see.
This kind of thing that can be cross-verified, I have no reason to think it is fake, because Arabs have no obligation to make fake things for Westerners.
Some readers think that Babylon is a fake civilization, but I don’t think so. Because a large number of cultural relics have been unearthed in the Mesopotamia, and these are all empirical evidence. There is indeed an ancient civilization in the Mesopotamia.
This reader also believes that Babylonian artifacts are fake.
I haven't taken the test, so I can't answer you accurately. I can only say one thing -
Arab civilization cannot be born that strong, it must have its foundation and context.
Optics, astronomy, and mathematics are very important skills for ocean navigation. It is not necessary to have them, but if you don't have them, the voyage will be quite dangerous. If you have them, the safety factor will be greatly improved.
You must know better than me what the beliefs of those countries in Southeast Asia are and who passed them on.
There are many records in history books about how many Arabs there were in China during the Tang Dynasty.
How many people did Huang Chao kill in Guangzhou? He killed hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou, most of them Arabs.
Guangzhou is not the only city where Arabs gather in China.
Deng Jingshan mentioned in the previous chapter, when he was the governor of Jianghuai in Yangzhou, he ran away because of a rebellion, and then asked Tian Shengong, the deputy envoy of Pinglu Jiedu, to quell the rebellion. Tianbu went to Yangzhou, plundered and killed
There are thousands of Arab and Persian merchants.
If you look at the numbers, you will know that even though some Arabs have settled in China for a long time and have reproduced for generations, it can also be seen from the side that the Arabs have made long-term and large-scale voyages to China, and personnel exchanges are very frequent.
Let me tell you something that you may not accept. At that time, Arabia was better than China in navigation, astronomy, and shipbuilding technology.
Why do you look down on other countries so much?
Let me give you another example that you may not even know about, Madagascar.
Regular readers who have read my last book know that Madagascar near the coast of East Africa is actually a country of yellow people.
Around the 10th and 11th centuries AD, due to domestic unrest, the Malays sailed to Madagascar in waves, conquered the local natives, occupied the central plateau with a relatively cool climate, established a feudal state, built water conservancy projects, and planted rice.
Coconuts are native to the Malay Peninsula. The coconuts in Madagascar were brought there by Malay immigrants, along with rice and technologies such as iron smelting and pottery.
The current black people in Madagascar were brought over during the French colonial period. If you look at the news, you will know that the president and other high-ranking officials of Madagascar, an African country, were all of Southeast Asian descent.
The "monkey" who has always been looked down upon by many netizens can actually cross the dangerous Indian Ocean and colonize East Africa?
Some people said they went there in a canoe and carried coconuts for food.
Maybe, I adopted this argument in my last book. But now that I think about it, it’s a big problem.
Crossing the Indian Ocean in a canoe was extremely dangerous, and the Malays should have had better navigation technology and boats than canoes.
According to the netizen who asked for evidence, I'm sorry: from an empirical point of view, the navigation technology of the Malays in the 10th century also surpassed that of China because they colonized Madagascar. This is the strongest evidence.
As for whether China's navigation technology during the Tang and Song Dynasties was superior to that of the so-called Malay monkeys, according to your logic, you can only say it with evidence.
You have already crossed the Indian Ocean, what about you?
No, it’s just not as good as others. Can you accept this statement?
Actually, I don’t quite accept it either. But what you said requires evidence.
Any nation may develop its own civilization, some quickly, some slowly, and the progress varies.
Even black Africa, which everyone despises the most, still has civilization.
Historically, when European colonists first arrived in the Kingdom of Benin, they discovered the royal palace and civilization there. What period did it roughly correspond to in China? The Western Zhou Dynasty.
Not long ago, Germany returned a batch of bronzes to Benin, and the United Kingdom returned a batch to Nigeria. How old are these bronzes? It is said to be 500 years old, that is, bronzes cast in the 16th century.
There are pictures on the Internet, and the craftsmanship is actually pretty good. Give Benin another thousand years, maybe they will enter the feudal era, but obviously they don’t have this time.
Going back to the original topic, there is no cross-validation thing, which is not included in my book.
Cross-verified, I wrote it. The Arabs confirmed that ancient Greece did have certain optical knowledge and writings, but they thought it was wrong, denied it, and then wrote a new "Encyclopedia of Optics" based on their own research.
, this is what I mention in my book.
Every country and every nation has its own strengths and weaknesses.
In ancient China, not everything was ahead of others, and this is nothing to be ashamed of.
The Tang Dynasty introduced so many musical instruments, many of which are national musical instruments that we are now proud of.
In terms of furniture, there are Indian rope beds - matza - chairs; Indian rope beds - chairs; and tables, etc.
In terms of food, soup cakes, Hu cakes, etc.
Even the clothes have Western elements.
People in the Tang Dynasty don't care. They just absorb the good people and don't feel ashamed. Why are you so narrow-minded?
Are others really inferior to you in everything? Are you so confident?
Finally, let me talk about my views on Western pseudo-historical theory.
My point of view is: Western ancient texts clearly have their own story, the context can be found, and they are basically clear.
As for whether it's as good as they say, I don't know.
Are all cultural relics real? No. Because some scholars in the West have raised doubts. Some are real, and some may not be real.
Was the West inferior to China in everything at that time? No.
For example, a book friend mentioned that their large-scale dome churches still require knowledge of geometry and mechanics.
Our country also has arch structures, the typical one is the Zhaozhou Bridge. But firstly, it is smaller in scale, and secondly, as readers said, the Zhaozhou Bridge is a bit of a trick, as the lateral force generated by the arched structure is offset by the river bank. The dome of the church is not
Although it can't be offset so easily, they still have unique features in architecture.
Perhaps that reader said that China's construction technology at that time could also create such a large-scale dome.
So, evidence? Don’t you always want evidence?
That’s all.
By the way, let’s also talk about the issue of “water”.
I said it when I posted the last chapter, this is the writing method of timeline, timeline, timeline.
What does timeline mean? Write according to time, rather than deliberately compressing the time process and artificially creating dramatic conflicts.
Most of a person's life is boring, which is what you call "water". The exciting part only takes up a very small amount of time. This is real life.
Do not believe?
Next, I will write a "novel" with Li Shimin as the protagonist.
In 615, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was besieged at Yanmen. Li Shimin recruited troops to rescue him, and the Turks retreated. This small climax lasted for a few months, and the remaining half of the year was "water".
In 616, Li Shimin arrived in Taiyuan. This year had a small climax, and he led his men to kill a bandit leader in a few days. The remaining half of the year was "water", "water is dead"!
In 617, Li Yuan revolted, and the climax came. But this year, for Li Shimin, the main thing was to defeat Song Laosheng in the Battle of Huoyi, and then the armed march. The plot outside of the Battle of Huoyi, compared with this paragraph
, overshadowed, the author did not write it with emphasis, but it is precisely these parts that need to be briefly mentioned, which took up most of the year. Is it water or water?
In 618, there was another climax! The battle with Xue Ju and his son.
Li Shimin stood firm for seven months without fighting. Wancao, which author would dare to write about the protagonist like this? These seven months were useless.
In 619, Li Shimin spent the first ten months in "Water", and then went to fight Song Jingang.
In 620, Li Shimin took water for half a year, and then went to fight Wang Shichong. After two months of high tide, he returned home and continued taking water.
In 621, after two months of trouble, they went to defeat the coalition forces of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, which was the climax of the book.
In 622, after the climax, I went to fight Liu Heita. It was another long and boring confrontation. After I won, I went home to rest. There was no plot.
In 623, there was water for a whole year.
In 624, there was another climax plot, a fight with the Turks. But the duration was very short, and there was no plot for most of the year.
In 625, there was water for a whole year.
In 626, there was a super climax, the Xuanwumen Incident.
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I won’t give examples one by one later.
Which author writes an online article with a protagonist like Li Shimin? He shouldn’t be trolled to death? It’s too watery.
Which author writes an online novel where the protagonist is not preoccupied with a lot of things, with plots happening every three days? He often explodes? This is not a good idea.
After reading 3 million words, the reader suddenly realizes that only 3 years have passed in the world of the novel... 3 years... 3 years... (just an analogy, not directed at anyone).
But Li Shimin is real life. Real life is just water most of the time.
In real life, you can't say "a year has passed in a flash" - in fact, no Internet article author dares to fast forward a year, and always deliberately gives the protagonist something to do, even if it is unreasonable.
I won't write like this, it's as simple as that. Writing a book can't satisfy everyone.