Chapter 319: The Pseudo-History of Greece

Wang Feng's face was full of admiration, indeed, the French political revolution, restoration, re-revolution, and restoration, the cycle is endless, dizzying, it is unique in the world, constituting a beautiful landscape in the history of world politics, and fully reflects the romantic feelings of the French people.

Generally speaking, romantic feelings are equivalent to extremism, they can't rub sand in their eyes, they don't know how to compromise, and they are prone to extremes, and the reason why revolutions frequently break out in France is inseparable from the national character of the French.

Although Angelina didn't laugh, her pretty face was flushed, her hands were covering her mouth, and her delicate body was trembling hard.

Benito's face was blue and red for a while, all the facts listed by Wang Feng were impossible to refute, and even at a certain moment, he had a frustrated thought, are we French really so unbearable? Is it really an inferior race?

'No! By no means! As a noble Frenchman, how can he be ridiculed by lowly Chinese? Benito took several deep breaths in a row before he said slowly: "Mr. Wang Feng, your eloquence is admirable, and your understanding of France is also amazing, I admit that this is true, but you have ignored one point, the Eastern civilization is an inferior civilization in nature, although we French people have such and such shortcomings, but we are still a part of the Western civilization, several levels higher than the Eastern civilization."

I have a rough understanding of the history of China, one dynasty was overthrown, and then another dynasty was established, for thousands of years, not only did not make any progress, but became more and more authoritarian, and in the recent Qing Dynasty, the people were like pigs and dogs. Humble life, this can only be explained. Eastern civilization is a civilization of enslavement and enslavement, a dead circle in the history of human civilization. Before the rise of our West, this inferior civilization could still sing on its own, but after the spread of democracy and science in our West, the only end is collapse and be swept into the corner of history as garbage!

On the other hand, we in the West, since the time of Greece, have created a brilliant civilization, and the concept of democracy and freedom has begun to take shape, although we have had the darkness of the Middle Ages. However, through the Renaissance, we have completely shattered the darkness, carried forward the ancient Greek civilization, and written a new chapter in the history of human civilization, I dare not hesitate to assert that the future world will inevitably be dominated by our Western civilization, and all kinds of inferior civilizations will always crawl at the feet of Western civilization, including the Chinese civilization that you are proud of! ”

Benito's face was full of arrogance, and he looked at Wang Feng with a downward gaze. As if looking at a humble ant, Angelina didn't speak, but just couldn't bear to look at Wang Feng, after all. She is still a Westerner, a part of Western civilization, deep down. There are still some white people who have a sense of superiority, although she does not come out in front of Wang Feng, Hong Xuanjiao and others. But he has always been proud of being a Westerner.

Wang Feng was also silent, and it took a long time before he nodded and said, "Mr. Benito." There is some truth in your words, our China has been repeatedly invaded by the great enemy in the north due to the terrain, although the wars of thousands of years have hit the Xiongnu and the Turks one after another, but our national strength has also been greatly damaged, and the enemy wildfires on the steppe are inexhaustible, the spring breeze blows and grows, the Uighurs, Khitans, Jurchens, Mongols, Tunguskas, all kinds of foreign enemies emerge in an endless stream, and they plunder the south again and again, destroy our homeland again and again, and rob our wealth and women again and again, which is the most fundamental reason why China is becoming poor and weak!

In the general context, China can only choose the road of centralization and autocracy, because only by centralizing power can we concentrate manpower and material resources and fight to the death against foreign enemies, so it is not that we Chinese do not want democracy, in the Han and Tang dynasties, China's government was quite enlightened, and the ministers did not have the obligation to kneel when they saw the emperor, and the emperor's will was not only the emperor's personal will, but the result of the joint deliberation of all ministers.

In isolation, China's transition from the co-existence of the Son of Heaven and scholars to the dominance of imperial power is a historical regression, but since the Song Dynasty, the tremendous pressure from the extinction of the ethnic group has forced China's social structure to undergo a huge adjustment accordingly, that is, the strata are becoming more and more solidified, the people are becoming more and more ignorant, and the distance from democracy is becoming more and more remote.

It has the advantage of being able to efficiently organize forces to resist foreign invasions, so abandoning democracy is an option that has to be abandoned, but as time goes on, the disadvantages gradually become apparent, that is, the ruling class will sell out the interests of the nation for its own interests.

Mr. Benito, there is one point that I do not agree with in your words, our Chinese history, before the Song Dynasty, was indeed a history of dynastic change, but after the Song Dynasty, it has evolved into a history of anti-aggression, and dynastic change is not the original intention of the Chinese, but the result of being invaded by foreign enemies.

We have been invaded again and again, but the Chinese have never bent their backs, and at every stage, there are always countless people with lofty ideals who are shedding their blood for the cause of national liberation, because there is a spirit in our veins that would rather be broken than be whole!

We Chinese have suffered deeply, but the vein of civilization has never been interrupted, even under the enslavement of foreign races, the Chinese still stubbornly continue the bloodline and will from generation to generation, which is unique in the world.

On the other hand, you Europe, the process of civilization has been interrupted several times, it is a fragmented civilization, before the Renaissance, the ignorance of Europeans is unimaginable, as far as I know, the collection of books in the Venetian library in the fourteenth century is only a few dozen volumes, hehe~~ Dozens of books can also be called a library, then I am afraid that many people have not even seen paper.

However, since the Renaissance, European culture seems to be sprinkled by God out of thin air, and it is instantly brilliant and colorful, and the fragmented history has been continued, and the source of civilization has also been found, which is the so-called Greek civilization.

I have always wondered that in the ancient Greek period, there was no real paper and printing press, there was no written language, the productivity was very backward, the population base of ancient Greece was very small, the scale of civilization was also small, and it was not strange that such an excessively small slave city-state culture flourished and spread on its own, becoming the source of European civilization?

You know, the material basis for the overall prosperity of civilization is indispensable, with the small size of Greece, it stands to reason that it cannot carry so many things that are said to be its own, but later generations are suddenly portrayed as advanced and brilliant as a fairy tale, please Mr. Benito tell me, what is the matter with so many ancient Greece that emerged during the Renaissance? ”

"What do you want to say?" Benito felt the same as Gedon in his heart, as if he wanted to tear Wang Feng apart, glaring at Wang Feng with a fierce light!

Wang Feng said unhurriedly: "I suspect that the history of ancient Greece is a patchwork of things, and the surrounding civilizations are forcibly appropriated, that is to say, the history of ancient Greece is nothing, and it is a pseudo-history fabricated by Europeans in order to continue the source of civilization during the Renaissance period, gathering the strength of various countries!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention that Benito couldn't stand it, even Angelina screamed: "Oh~~ Oh my God, Wang Feng, I really admire your whimsical thinking, do you have evidence?" You are responsible for what you say! ”

Benito followed with a rage: "Nonsense, there are many relics of Greek civilization, and it has been concluded after many arguments in the Western archaeological community, your intentions are too vicious." ”

Wang Feng smiled slightly: "Angelina, Mr. Benito, don't worry, everything can be questioned, isn't it?" I didn't say that Greek history must be false, I just doubted, what's wrong with that?

In 1837, the British major Rawlinson came to the Persian village of Bihisdon, and he saw the relief of Darius and the fourteen columns underneath, which are said to describe Darius's martial prowess in Persian, Sumerian, and Susa dialects, so Rawlinson copied all the inscriptions and began to study cuneiform, and after his efforts, he succeeded in translating the names of the three Persian kings, Darius, Heshayassia and Vichtaspa, and later, he deciphered the Sumerian, that is, ancient Babylonian, Assyrian, and compiled a study guide and dictionary.

Mr. Benito, a young European, in a very short period of time, has accurately and undoubtedly revealed three ancient languages or dialects that have disappeared for thousands of years, or even millennia, in the case of the form, sound, and meaning of the text, and only the zĂ i sound.

What's more, he was a Frenchman, named Champollion, who successfully deciphered the structure of Egyptian hieroglyphs after only three years of studying the Rosetta Stone, and then compiled a complete Egyptian script symbol and Greek alphabet, and was respected as an expert in Egyptology.

In addition, I remember that the papyrus of the Egyptian script has long been extinct, and the current papyrus and manufacturing process need to be imported from France, which is precisely the research center of Egyptology, and when it comes to Champollion, it only took three years to decipher the Egyptian script, is there any secret that no one knows?

I have always wondered if there is a direct inheritance of Chinese characters, but there are still many oracle bone inscriptions from 3,000 years ago that cannot be read, but two or three thousand words that have died out have been lightly interpreted by geniuses, is this a myth or a fact?

I have to suspect that the attitude of Europeans towards archaeology is extremely unscrupulous, not based on factual archaeology, but on the basis of what is useful and useless, and it is not difficult for anyone to participate in it.

Even ancient Rome had some doubts, and according to your own account, there was always some contradiction in the destruction of heresy in the early Christian era, and in the destruction of many wars.

For example, the temple of the goddess destroyed more than a hundred marble pillars with a single fire, but what about Nero's fire? What famous buildings were destroyed according to the records? Mr. Benito, if you don't remember to look through your Western literature, not to mention the dark Middle Ages and the actions of the barbarians, there are many buildings that have problems in terms of materials and styles.

The temple of Ephesus went from wooden to marble, from medium to large, repaired as old? Is the Acropolis also the same as it has been for more than 2,000 years? Mr. Benito, can you clear my mind? (To be continued......)

ps: Thank you for the big reward for keeping me silent~~~~