0123 Chinese Civilization (3)
As mentioned earlier, the history of Chinese civilization is one of the primitive civilizations living in the Yellow River Valley.
First unified the Yellow River Valley, then expanded in all directions, defeated one civilization after another, and finally formed the current unified state.
But Wen Yi must not be able to write this book according to real history, because the ancestors of Baiyue, including the Slang people, are all descendants of ancient civilizations who were defeated by the Chinese civilization.
If it is really written like this, then the two sides are feuds, how can they be integrated? Therefore, the Chinese civilization he compiled made up a lot of history.
For example, the Baiyue and Slang people are also descendants of China, and their ancestors migrated from the Central Plains to the south.
You say you need historical evidence? Yes, the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, and the remnants of Chiyou fled to the south.
Later, Tang Yao's sons Danzhu and Yu Shun lost the battle for the throne, and they also fled to the south with their own people.
Dayu also came to the south when he controlled the water, and some river workers stayed in the local town to guard the river......
During the Xia Dynasty of the Shang Dynasty, many of the Xia Dynasty people fled to the south...... When Zhou destroyed the merchants, many merchants also fled.
And the merchants fled not only to the south, but also to the north...... For example, Jizi went to Liaodong and established the Korean state.
Jizi Joseon was later divided into Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other states, so the tribes of Liaodong and further north were basically descendants of Jizi.
Others fled further north and lost contact with them.
This was to prepare for a future landing in the Americas, and the Indians were descendants of merchants.
Continue back to the South......
The descendants of the Chinese who fled to the south also gradually grew stronger and established their own power, and there were countries such as Yue and Wu.
The later state of Chu was formed by the down-and-out nobles of the Central Plains and the descendants of southern China.
Anyway, the core idea of this book is one meaning: civilization arose in China, and all foreign races are actually branches of Chinese Yanhuang.
Since we were originally a family, isn't it normal to be back together now?
There are certainly many loopholes in this book, but so what? Can you prove that this book is fake? And as long as the people are willing to believe.
When archaeology developed a millennium later, it was possible to scientifically confirm that the book was apocryphal.
But by then, national integration has already been completed, can it still be artificially separated?
Moreover, he proposed that the concept of Chinese civilization is not only for the great integration of nationalities, this is only the first role.
There is also a purpose for the subsequent transformation of the culture.
One of the reasons why Chinese civilization can stand tall is that it has always been constantly reinventing itself, and schools of thought will be born in every period.
These schools of thought conveyed their essence to the Chinese civilization, and then retreated into the background and became a part of history, and the Chinese civilization continued to move forward with these essences.
Take the hundred schools of thought as an example, most of them have disappeared, leaving only a glorious legend. However, their ideas did not disappear, but were integrated into the Chinese civilization.
The Qin Dynasty completed the geographical unification, and the Han Dynasty completed the ideological unification with the help of Confucianism.
At this time, Confucianism has completed its historical mission, and it should leave its own essence and take a back seat, giving up the position of Big Brother to a more suitable school.
However, a new school of thought was not born so easily, and Confucianism not only did not retreat, but went further to the Song Dynasty when it truly 'respected Confucianism'.
Although the Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of traditional Chinese culture, it was one of the most criticized dynasties because it walked with a limp.
All Wen Yi had to do was send Confucianism where it was supposed to go.
But to send Confucianism away is not as simple as lip service, you must come up with a better ideological system than him.
Does Wenyi have this ability?
Although he is a traverser, he does not dare to arrogantly say that he can come up with a better ideological and theoretical system than the sages.
He does have a lot of advanced ideas in his head, but he doesn't have the ability to string them together to form his own system.
Therefore, if you want to transform culture, you can only find another way.
I can't create a more advanced theoretical system, but I can find a basket to fit all the ideas into.
To put it bluntly, it is to find a bigger concept and unify all the schools of thought.
And the one who can take on this important task is none other than the 'Chinese civilization'.
Confucian culture is amazing, isn't it? It is only a part of the Chinese civilization, and in this respect it is the same as the hundreds of schools of thought such as Taoism, Legalism, and soldiers.
You are all in the service of Chinese civilization.
And now the true meaning of Confucius has not been misinterpreted, and Confucianism is not really a monopoly.
The Han Dynasty has always implemented the Outer Confucianism and the internal law, mixed with the Huang Lao Thought and the Military Thought, etc., which is a situation in which many ideas are equally emphasized, and it is naturally an excellent opportunity to put forward the concept of Chinese civilization.
In the last few hundred years, Confucianism has become a dominant family, and thinking about it will be regarded as a joke.
Of course, this is relatively easy, and there is still a lot to do to get this done.
At the moment, he is just proposing this concept to lay the foundation for subsequent transformations.
But he is not worried at all about whether he can succeed in the transformation, as long as he is strong enough, some people will help him fulfill his wish.
What is an emperor? If you dream at night and it can come true the next morning, you are called the emperor.
Wu Yi and the others didn't know about Wen Yi's plan, but it didn't prevent them from doing their best to promote the book.
The Langhu immigrants basically know simplified Chinese characters, are the most loyal to Wenyi, and are the best propagandists.
Wu Yi relieved them of all the physical work and specially followed Gu Yi to learn the content of these books.
They don't need to understand deeply, they can read it out according to the script, and they can shout a few slogans such as "Long live the lord" and "we want to thank the lord".
When they were to be caught, they were divided into many groups and went to various villages to teach, especially the natives, who were the most clever people.
Originally, Gu Yi was worried that the people would not be able to accept this radical idea, but soon he found that he was thinking too much.
Far from being disgusted, the people listened with relish, and took the initiative to carry a small bench to listen to it every afternoon during class time, without being urged at all.
This puzzled him.
Or later Wen Yi solved his puzzles: the people have not read books, and they don't understand these big truths at all.
They don't care if the Han and the Slang are related or not, it doesn't matter to them who becomes the emperor, as long as they can feed them.
The more people who read, the deeper the prejudice in their hearts, and the more difficult it is to accept new ideas.
Moreover, in this era, the people had no entertainment measures, almost no spiritual life, and the historical stories in the brief history of China looked simple, which was already a rare spiritual enjoyment for them.
The story of Chinese civilization is also very strong, and it has the same effect.
But don't think that this will not have a propaganda effect, on the contrary, this subtle effect is the most powerful.
As these stories become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the boundaries between the identities of the Han people, the slang people, and the Tu people on Dongning Island will become more and more blurred, and they will eventually become a part of the Chinese civilization and a member of the descendants of Yan and Huang.