According to archaeological data, the development history of Chinese civilization is also a history of war, accompanied by countless iron and blood.
But Chen Jingke must not be able to write this book based on real history, because the ancestors of the barbarians from all directions are descendants of ancient civilizations that were defeated by Chinese civilization.
If it is really written like this, then the two sides are feuding, how can they integrate? Therefore, the Chinese civilization he wrote made up a lot of history.
For example, Baiyue, Liliao people, Liuzhao, etc. are all descendants of the Chinese people, and their ancestors migrated from the Central Plains to the south.
You said you need historical evidence? Yes, Huang Di defeated Chi You, and Chi You took the rest of his troops to the south.
Later, Tang Yao's son Danzhu lost the battle with Yu Shun for the throne, and fled to the south with his people.
Dayu also came to the south when he was controlling floods, and some river workers stayed there to guard the rivers...
During the Xia Dynasty of the Shang Dynasty, many people of the Xia Dynasty fled to the south... When the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, many merchants also fled.
The descendants of the Chinese who fled to the south gradually grew stronger and established their own power, and there were countries such as Yue State and Wu State.
The State of Chu was formed by the down-and-out nobles of the Central Plains and the descendants of southern China.
Moreover, these ancients not only fled to the south, but also fled to the east, west, and north... For example, Jizi went to Liaodong to establish the Korean state.
Jizi Korea split into Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other countries, so the Khitan, Mohe and other tribes in Liaodong and further north are all descendants of Jizi.
Some businessmen fled further north and lost contact with them ever since.
This is preparation for the future landing in America. The Indians are the descendants of traders.
Including the Shan Rong, the yang, the Hunzhou, the Xiongnu, etc. who are famous in the history books, they are all descendants of the Chinese. This is not his nonsense, but Sima Qian said it.
Historical records: The Xiongnu, the Miao descendants of their ancestor Xiahou clan, were called Chunwei. In the Tang and Yu periods, there were Shanrong, yangxu, and Hunzhu, who lived in the northern barbarians and moved along with their livestock.
If anyone objects, go to Sima Qian to argue, not me.
The east is the sea, but there are islands.
During the pre-Qin period, Chinese ancestors took boats out to sea to avoid war and went to the Japanese Nu Islands to live.
During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu took three thousand pairs of boys and girls and many soldiers to the sea, and also went to the Japanese Nu Islands.
Wonu Island has been my Chinese territory since ancient times, and the people on it are all my Chinese descendants.
The same is true in the West. The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are all descendants of the Chinese who escaped from the past and married and multiplied with the local natives.
Anyway, the core idea of this book is the same: civilization arose in China, and all foreign races are actually branches of China's Yanhuang.
Since we were originally a family, isn't it normal to be reunited now?
Of course there are many loopholes in it, but so what? Can you prove that this book is fake? And as long as the people are willing to believe it, it will be fine.
When archeology develops thousands of years later, and scientific methods can be used to prove that this book is a fabrication, it will no longer be of much use.
National integration has been completed long ago, can we still artificially separate them?
But he was not naive enough to think that everyone would support the big concept he proposed. There would definitely be objections, and he had already guessed who would be the most violent.
Gentry.
A very simple question, who cares more about ethics and morals, modern people or ancient people? The answer is modern people, because people who know more pay more attention to ethics and morals.
So among the same ancient people, who cares more about ethics and morality, nobles or ordinary people?
The answer is the gentry.
The common people have not read books and do not understand these principles at all. They do not care about their status as Han Chinese or barbarians. They only care about who can keep them fed.
It is the scholars who really hold prejudices in their hearts. The more people read, the deeper the prejudices in their hearts and the harder it is for them to accept new ideas.
Especially for the nobles, this is more related to their vital interests.
They hold the right to interpret knowledge and always stand on the commanding heights of ethics and morality. Anyone who shakes this point will shake their basis.
There is no problem with Chen Jingke's concept of Chinese civilization, but he turned all the barbarians from all directions into descendants of the Chinese, which was bound to not be accepted by the gentry.
This is simply killing them and will inevitably be opposed by them.
But he is not afraid of opposition from the gentry, because the Guanlong military nobles headed by Li Shimin and most people who rose to prominence through military exploits will support him.
And national integration is indeed a major trend in history.
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He proposed the concept of Chinese civilization not just for the sake of national integration, it was only the first layer of effect.
Another purpose is to transform the culture in the future.
One of the reasons why Chinese civilization can survive is that it is constantly innovating itself, and schools of thought are born in every period.
These schools of thought conveyed their essence to Chinese civilization, and then retreated behind the scenes and became part of history, while Chinese civilization continued to move forward with these essences.
Take hundreds of schools of thought as an example. Most of them have disappeared, leaving only a glorious legend.
But their ideas have not disappeared, but have been integrated into Chinese civilization, helping Chinese civilization go further.
The Qin Dynasty completed the geographical unification, while the Han Dynasty completed the ideological unification with the help of Confucianism.
At this time, Confucianism had completed its historical mission.
Like other schools of thought, it should leave its essence behind and give up its position as the big brother to a more suitable school of thought.
However, it was not so easy for a new school of thought to be born. Confucianism not only did not retreat, but actually went a step further to truly "exclusively respect Confucianism" during the Song Dynasty.
Although the Song Dynasty was the peak period of Chinese traditional culture, walking with a lame leg also made it one of the most criticized dynasties.
What Chen Jingke wants to do is to send Confucianism to where it should go, as well as Taoism, Buddhism, etc.
But sending away these schools of thought is not as simple as just talking, you must come up with an ideological system that is better than them.
Does Chen Jingke have this ability?
Even though he is a time traveler, he does not dare to arrogantly say that he can come up with a better ideological system than the sages.
He does have many advanced viewpoints in his mind, but it is difficult to connect these viewpoints together to form his own system while also being able to adapt to the current era.
He doesn't have that confidence, nor is he that arrogant, but he can find another way.
The best way is to merge the three religions, and this is also the direction he has been working hard on.
But as his understanding of the three teachings deepened, he found that this matter was not that easy to accomplish. After all, the current three major schools of thought cannot be combined just by you.
No matter who takes the lead in the integration, they will encounter fierce resistance from the other two families. Even the Louguandao and Maoshan factions who are now allies with him will turn against each other.
Even with Li Shimin's support, it would be difficult.
What's more, it's not certain whether Li Shimin will always support him. Sometimes you can only rely on yourself for some things, and you can't expect others to take care of it.
Another question is, what happens after the three religions are unified?
In the previous life, Confucianism was the main focus to complete the merger of the three religions, and everyone has seen the final result. Could it be that if you switch to Taoism or other schools of thought, you will definitely be able to do better than Confucianism?
At this point, Chen Jingke was also a little confused. What should he do?
After thinking about it, a history book he read in his previous life gave him inspiration.
Experts and scholars in previous lives have put forward a point of view: at the turn of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the gentry collapsed, the three religions merged, knowledge flowed to the grassroots, and the inherent ruling system collapsed.
At this time, a greater concept of nationalism should have been born, ideological integration completed, and continued to guide the Chinese ethnic group forward.
It's just that China took a different path at that time, and the concept of nationalism did not take shape. Instead, Confucianism became dominant.
If the concept of nationalism had been born at that time, perhaps ancient Chinese history would have been different.
Of course, history cannot be assumed, and it has no meaning. On the contrary, it will create unnecessary national hatred.
So we won’t discuss whether this view is correct, but it did inspire Chen Jingke.
Can you come up with a larger concept that can include everything from hundreds of schools of thought, three religions and nine streams?
As long as the concept is so big that they don't even dare to resist, they can be forced to passively accept the integration.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this method was feasible.
However, he did not choose a nationalistic view, which was a bit narrow for the Tang Dynasty at this time. The only one who could take on this important task was the "Chinese Civilization".
We do not pursue a nationalist outlook, but directly engage in civilizationalism.
When the Yi and Di people come out, they enter into China.
Moreover, no school of thought dares to oppose the Chinese view of doctrine.
Confucianism and Taoism are very powerful, right? They are just a part of Chinese civilization. In this regard, they are the same as Legalists, military strategists and other schools of thought.
Let them jump out and say something that does not recognize the Chinese concept of civilization. They will not dare even if you give them ten courages.
What, you said that your Buddhism is foreign and not a native Chinese thought?
Haha... I'll give you a chance to reorganize your language and explain what you are.
No matter what you were before, when you come to Middle-earth, you will serve the Chinese civilization.
In terms of objective conditions, at this time, in addition to the three major schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Legalism and military thought were also relatively active, as well as the ideas of the Hu people from the Western Regions...
It can be said that the cultural and ideological circles of the Tang Dynasty paid equal attention to many aspects, and in this case it was easier to accept a new concept.
Another point is that Datang is strong enough and has the ability to implement this plan.
In the early decades, the Han political power was too weak and the dominant ethnic group was not strong and it would be a joke to try to develop big concepts. In the later centuries, Confucianism has become the dominant one, and if it tries to do this again, it will be regarded as a joke.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, this is an excellent time to propose the concept of Chinese civilization.
Of course, this ease is only relative, and there are still a lot of things that need to be done to accomplish this.
At the moment, he is just proposing this concept to lay the foundation for subsequent transformation.
In order to prevent Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other schools from criticizing him, he did not dare to express his thoughts in this regard.
Now he disguises himself as a harmless person and pretends that he proposed the concept of Chinese civilization in order to integrate various tribes.
Of course, this is not a disguise.
The original intention of proposing this concept was to integrate hundreds of races, but now it just has a longer-term plan.
By the time the world accepted the big concept of Chinese civilization, it was too late for various schools of thought to discover its true purpose.
