Yesterday saw the online bookstore, the book’s introduction: to encourage people to question, discuss, even in the face of their own country enough how important this work?
Unfortunately, this book is written by a Westerner, if it is to write by a fellow party, and not banned, it really highlights that countries have to become great. To be fair, I think of 50 reasons mentioned, if an organization has never had their own inadequacies and to challenge and improve, so that other people are not even respect its own people.
Let us re-focus attention on the core issues: the “great” What is the definition? Great is the “great” it?
You find it? Dictionary fact “great” the definition of the word is not only one. Then listen inside look at the Oxford dictionary:
1. The volume number of large: An essay that shows great ignorance of grammar
2. An important and prestigious A great power in Europe
3. Have a special and commendable ability A great philosopher
4. Satisfactory, happy, very close relationship between A great friend of mine
5. As the difference between the title character, that whichever is the greater of Greater London / Greater China (Greater China)
6. Many senior title of Great grand father
To the Chinese readers, “great” if that is the number, strength, size, wealth, status history of a strong meaning?
Many people say, the history of China is a great country, as papermaking, the compass, rockets, movable type printing, the world’s first notes were invented by the Chinese, but also a great scientist Shen Kuo had mentioned “oil “purposes.
You know? This paper which is mentioned in the invention in addition to the Eastern Han Dynasty invented by Cai Lun, the other is the invention of time Song. In the Song Dynasty, when China will have a land tax reform measures, as well as hosting Jingua lonely or disabled nursing home such as social welfare system. Land tax reform is Wang’s initiative, but the nursing home you know what the emperor’s mind? Below to ensure your glasses.
It turns out to be China’s and Taiwan’s history textbooks portrayed as useless Yong Jun’s Song Hui Zong. At least in the first half of his administration, not specially trusted Cai Jing villains before the Ching Ming politics and society is very auspicious. I know you really want to know what I am is based on so quickly to tell you it is NHK’s “cross-strait Palace – Po elaborate on China five thousand years” of th episode, from the Northern Song painting ceramics and arts and culture about Huizong Song important political and social influence.
Song in our mind is a “great” dynasties it? If you are a great size is defined territory, by force of view, I am afraid you would not say so. However, although the territory of the Song Dynasty, the Han Tang Yuanming force not compare, but it was (10-13 century), the world’s richest countries. Attract Italian explorer Marco Polo came to China is his vision of Bianjing. Song is not the only great slaughter, when the regime change, eliminate opponents (remember 杯酒释兵权 the story?). Song Chung-reward invention, the examination system will utilize the knowledge held in the country with roughly the talent, so in the production of Su, Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Wang and other prominent writers and an important official running the country, but also for the establishment of paintings Huizong Institute also shine in the arts; and government incentives for invention and innovative application of technology to improve agriculture and industrial production in the above makes the Song Dynasty have the ability to obtain the border of peace by foreign trade. History textbooks here still a major fallacy: we read of the altar Treaty of Alliance has been interpreted as a summation to the alien’s “humiliating” the Covenant, Silver 102,000 a year to give Liao, cloth 200 000. We do not know is that Song was a year trade surplus obtained from the Liao Dynasty more than tens of millions of ounces of silver. Emperor Song Jing Zhao Heng abacus: every war, military spending would have to spend millions of two to fight, if not a year trade surplus of only one per cent of points to each other, this is a very cost-effective. This is what modern people the so-called “peace dividend” (peace dividend) concept – to fight the money they save, and promote economic development and people’s livelihood, promote trade, exchange and makes the Song, Liao and maintenance of a hundred years of peace.
Of course, the Song Dynasty had its own problems such as the party struggles, and, later, the corruption of those in power, which is must be mentioned, or there will be the Water Margin, “driven to revolt” in the Song Jiang Rebellion this historic events. Even so, as “I am Sung,” said author of the book, the Song is still a “policy ahead of” the dynasty. Why can not the Chinese Song dynasty laid the foundation to continue the contrary, the invention of the West to carry forward their own, triggering the Western Enlightenment, but his standing still, the strength of exchange, or even result in the modern history of the various external and internal suffering from it?
Dean of Economics, London School of Economics and Danny Quah has mentioned in his paper, in 1400 for China is an important turning point. 1400 before the Yuan dynasty, even alien rule remains the rule to take a high degree of tolerance approach, the Government still reward technological innovation, cultural inclusion. However, after the Ming Dynasty Yongle, Ming Xing whole literary inquisition, and always dare to the remonstrance made on civilian implementation of shame Ting Zhang, examination in order to suppress civilian stereotyped thinking, and in the death of Emperor Yongle Zheng He spent the international exchange, start Closed Door Policy. Western world is massive at this time off, keep abreast of culture and civilization, and produced the industrial revolution the idea of democracy and freedom.
Comparing the two, who is closer to “great”? Is a feel good, vast, grandiose, alien to North Korea also demanded the other kneeling in the Ming and Qing dynasties, or lay the basis for later peace Song? I am afraid we should also do justice to the Song Dynasty miles!
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