1907 The depth of civilization
Civilization and civilization are absolutely different, with depth, breadth, thickness... tolerance, innovation, survival, and various indicators, so the fate of civilizations in the long river of history is naturally very different.
Although human beings are equal under the sky, it cannot be denied that some civilizations have very low survival ability. In the national competition where the strong prey on the weak, some civilizations are destined to perish, while some civilizations are destined to become vassals of other higher civilizations and mutate. Only a very small number of civilizations can last for thousands of years.
European civilization originated in Greece, flourished in Rome, merged into the Middle Ages, and became powerful after the Renaissance. This is a civilization system recognized by mankind that has not been cut off from the beginning to the present.
Chinese civilization originated from the two rivers and gradually expanded. While absorbing the surrounding foreign cultures, it can also assimilate them, thus forming another continuous civilization system.
The remaining ancient Indian civilizations, the Mesopotamian civilizations, the ancient Egyptian civilizations... and civilized countries in North and South America and Africa declined for various reasons, some directly destroyed, while others were forced to mutate under the oppression of powerful civilizations.
The Middle East was not the most miserable region in the world at that time. The Wing King's intelligence network once sent an information to Xiao Letian, saying that Europe is currently very popular in race exhibitions, such exhibitions were all from North and South America, Africa, and tropical island countries in the Pacific. They caught a group of indigenous people and then circled them in a zoo for Europeans to enjoy and hunt.
None of the Europeans treated the indigenous people as humans, they just treated them as beasts in the zoo.
Indigenous people eat, sleep, bathe, mating in the fence... Everything is copied in the original form of indigenous people. When they watch naked black women wandering in the fence, the contempt of the king unique to higher civilizations once again excited them. At that time, the so-called Europeans' sense of happiness was more obtained from the comparison with these inferior nations.
So the question is, do lower civilizations have no intention to resist? Of course not, human nature is actually bullied and wants to retaliate, but revenge depends on strength. When the technology difference between the two sides is too big and the strength difference is too big, the so-called revenge becomes a joke.
In human history, the scene of a big knife and a spear against a foreign gun has been staged more than once.
Then some people will say, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." I can't beat you in my life, but I try to accumulate strength to make my son stronger for the rest of my life, and make my grandson stronger for the rest of my life. The power of three generations is a force, and I don't believe that I can't beat you to death.
Very good, it makes people feel very energetic when saying this, and it makes people feel backbone!
But we must remember clearly that people who can say that the two sentences of a gentleman taking revenge for ten years and having to lie on firewood and taste gall, and the nations that can understand this truth have a level of civilization that they have.
Basically, only the Chinese civilization parallel to Europe, a nation with thousands of years of heritage, can consider the great national strategy of exchanging time for space and slept with firewood and gaining strength.
Those countries with very low levels of civilization do not even have basic clans. The grandsons do not know the name of their grandfather, nor do they know what the hatred of the previous generation was. To put it bluntly, such civilizations are too shallow to resist the infiltration of powerful civilizations. Demise and assimilation are their destiny.
Is this principle difficult to understand? It may be difficult for people to consider it so deeply in the 19th century, but in the 21st century when Xiao Letian lived, this kind of "amnesia" caused by the low level of civilization has always existed.
For example, in World War II, Japan invaded Asian countries and carried out cruel colonial rule. There were countless massacres in Asian countries, but how many nations could truly hold grudges?
Only countries such as China, North Korea and South Korea that are deeply influenced by Chinese civilization have been warned for more than half a century. The Chinese and the people on the Korean Peninsula will still not forgive the Japanese's sins. No one will forget those blood debts, because forgetting history is equivalent to betrayal.
However, under the same Asian sky at the same time, those countries in Southeast Asia that were deeply hurt by Japanese invasion were completely different from the Chinese civilization.
In just a few decades after the war, the people of those countries had long forgotten the blood debts that Japan had created. Even the people born after the war did not understand the use of that hatred. They would even ask back, what does it have to do with me if they killed my grandfather's generation?
In the hearts of those ethnic people, history is completely useless. Does grandpa’s life being slaughtered like a dog have to do with me? I still think that the money in the Japanese people’s pockets is very good, and there is nothing greater than money.
Look, this is the most common "amnesia" that is low-level civilizations. This is a very terrible disease, almost chronic cancer of low-level civilizations.
Some people have different opinions, thinking that it’s good that I’m happy, and that I can enjoy my whole life. What is history and descendants? I don’t care about it and it has nothing to do with me.
Very good, very good. Higher civilizations like you to think so, because you have terminal illnesses such as "amnesia" and "shortopia", so they can oppress you from generation to generation.
You can hit you at any time, anyway, you will forget your hatred in decades. Then you will hit you again after you get fatter, and you will watch it in hundreds of years.
The stronger the higher the civilization will be, the stronger the national strength will be, and the weaker the weaker the ultimate level of the food chain.
The bloody history tells us that forgetting is betrayal. Why can Chinese civilization last for thousands of years and survive tenaciously in several foreign rulers?
What we rely on is never forgetting history, especially hatred!
Because we have the genetic gene that keeps history in mind in our bloodlines, we can continuously draw nourishment from historical experiences and lessons, and when faced with new problems, we can all find experiences for reference from history.
When the Japanese showed goodwill to the Chinese with hypocritical masks, we could immediately think that we had the Battle of Baijiangkou with this nation, the Battle of Korea during the Wanli period, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the War of Resistance Against Japan.
We will not forget that for thousands of years, the nation of this island country has been obsessed with, to climb to the mainland and expand their territory of survival.
It is precisely because of the lessons of history that we will prepare a knife on our back while cooperating and shaking hands! This is the benefit of the entire nation not forgetting history, which indirectly proves the strength of Chinese civilization. At least this system is much stronger than that of ordinary civilizations.
Perhaps the branches on the ground were burned by the enemy in a short period of time, but no one can underestimate the deep strata. The roots of the Chinese civilization have accumulated endless energy, and as long as a gust of spring breeze, they will flourish again.
This is the secret that higher civilizations can survive for thousands of years! And what about those weak civilizations?
"What? What did you say! The Japanese have invaded us for fifty years? How could it be, why didn't I know..."
"The Japanese killed my grandfather? Who is my grandfather? What's his name..."
"Massacre? It's all my business, I haven't seen it before..."
"The future of future generations? What does it have to do with me if they live well? I'll drink first..."
Xiao Letian shook his head and put down his memories of his previous life. "Wang Huaiyuan! This is the sorrow of a low-level civilization. Perhaps it will take not twenty years for the Egyptians on this land to completely forget that 120,000 compatriots died tragically under this river..."
"This is a canal paved with bones!"
Note: It's too difficult to write, and historical texts are really too difficult to write! On the one hand, I have to control my language and cannot say sensitive words, otherwise there will be dangers.
On the other hand, you must have some practical things to think about! Otherwise, the book will become a routine article like boiled water. After reading it, you will forget it immediately after you look back.
This is really not a job for humans! With the same word count, I can’t stand it anymore!
Before writing about Hidden Dragon, I didn’t have a single white hair on my head, but now I can’t count the white hair... In fact, there are countless experts in China who can write profound historical texts, and there are too many, but why don’t they write?
Why is historical literature so declining to this point now? It is because experts are unwilling to waste their energy or do such thankless work.
Actually, I have regretted it for a long time. When I wrote about 2 million words, I regretted it. I have been backing down countless times, but I am a man who is born to not give up, so I have persisted until now.
In addition, there are indeed many fans who have never left each other, which makes me not want to hurt the hearts of the fans, so I can only endure hardships.
I remember asking book friends to subscribe and support a few days ago. There were some results in the past few days. The ranking of the entire site rose from 52 to 50... It's embarrassing enough! I know that many book friends are still indifferent, and there are many.
Why be so indifferent? What you support is not a website or a genuine industry. Isn’t you just accuse Xinjing, a fool who still sticks to the unpopular category?
Chapter completed!