As a later generation, Jing Wen knew that culture actually had to communicate with each other to make progress. ※If we could not communicate with each other and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, we could only work behind closed doors and gradually become more and more backward. Later generations were actually a process of gradually becoming self-confidence. During the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese culture was able to communicate with foreign countries and then gradually become stronger. All powerful dynasties in Chinese history were an era when they could communicate with various foreign civilizations, especially in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty was remembered by foreigners in later generations was that the name of Chinese people was "Tang people", which was actually the most profound impression on foreigners. After all, why aren't it called "Han people" or "Song people"? It is because they didn't know much about the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty did not help them much. It is precisely because the Tang Dynasty was able to spread its reputation all over the world and influenced the conquest of the world with its style of embracing all rivers and being tolerant, so they were called Chinese people as Tang people until later generations.

The most important thing in communication is not business exchanges, but cultural exchanges. Foreign countries absorb the culture of the Tang Dynasty to improve themselves, and the Tang Dynasty can also absorb the culture of foreign races to supplement their shortcomings, so that they can promote each other. Later, in the late Ming Dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty, the so-called Confucian scholars could no longer accept the advantages of foreign countries. Even if all the evidence proves that foreign countries are better than China and stronger than China, they still stubbornly think that they are barbarians or think that they are inferior to themselves. They are like an ostrich, unwilling to accept the fact that they are already behind.

The so-called Confucian scholars who had the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty always hypnotized themselves. Self-hypnotized think that their country is the most powerful in the world and that other countries are not stronger than themselves. It was not until the invaders defeated them again and again that they truly gradually realized that they were no longer the most powerful country. However, they still stubbornly did not want to learn advanced culture to supplement themselves, and in the end they could only cause themselves to collapse completely.

Jingwen once compared the so-called mainstream Confucianism concepts of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, it has long been completely different from Confucius' Confucianism. The Confucianism during Confucius was not the same as the Confucianism of the Han Dynasty. However, the Confucianism of the Tang Dynasty was not the same as the Confucianism of Dong Zhongshu. Jingwen was even sure that the Confucianism of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties later were definitely not the same as the Confucianism of the Tang Dynasty. From this we can see that Confucianism has always been changing, absorbing other theories to change and improve itself, and finally it was completely distorted. He was just wearing a layer of Confucianism and then claimed to be Confucianism.

As for why Confucianism became more and more rigid later, it can be seen from the policies of the country at that time. After the Song Dynasty, the country began a policy of banning the seas and no longer continued to communicate with foreign countries. Instead of communicating with foreign countries, there was no channel to absorb foreign culture. The reason why the Tang and Song dynasties were able to develop cultures was actually seen from the fact that they could not suppress the seas. The Song dynasty regarded marine trade as one of the pillar industries of the country, so their Confucianism could continue to absorb foreign culture and improve itself and gradually progressed. However, the Ming and Qing dynasties were obviously unable to do so. They banned marine trade. Not communicating with foreign countries, and the development of Confucianism became increasingly closed, and finally became extreme. It can be seen that closing the country to the country was a killer. The final result was blind arrogance.

"Lin'er, if we cannot accept foreign culture and stubbornly think that we are the best in the world, then what is the difference between us and Yelang back then? Yelang didn't know the outside world back then. So he always thought that he was the largest country in the world. Although our Tang Dynasty is dominant in the East, there are many countries in the West. Although as far as we know, they are not stronger than us, many of their civilizations have risen earlier than us. Do you think we must be advanced than them? Whether the culture is advanced and whether the doctrine is concerned depends on the local area. They naturally have the doctrine that suits us, and we have the doctrine that suits us here. What we can do is to learn from our strengths and weaknesses, not exclude them. If we exclude them, where can we develop? Didn't Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism communicate with each other to stay in this Central Plains together?" Jing Wen said.

Cheng Lin asked again: "What does your husband mean is that Emperor Wu of Han abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone?"

"It is definitely wrong, because the supremacy of Confucianism is just to meet the needs of Emperor Wu of Han. However, it has caused the entire Central Plains to slow down the cultural development speed. Because Confucianism has no competitors, it naturally slows down carefreely. Born in distress and died in peace, have you forgotten the old sayings of the ancients? Therefore, only by a hundred schools of thought can various theories be developed. Many inappropriate theories will be eliminated, so that the entire civilization can get better and better." Jing Wen said.

Of course, Jing Wen looked down on Emperor Wu of Han. The so-called prosperous era of Emperor Wu of Han was completely a boastful. If we look at the data from it, the world's household registration was reduced by half, which would be enough to show that the situation was. Whether this half of the population was used as a slave or died completely, it would be enough to show that the period of Emperor Wu of Han was not a prosperous era, but a nearly chaotic era caused by Emperor Wu of Han's military and military force. However, Emperor Wu of Han was lucky. The capital left by his father and his grandfather was strong enough, and the land annexation was not so serious. The proportion of self-cultivated farmers was large, so we could barely survive that crisis. The population was reduced by half. If other dynasties were replaced, they would fall, and the period of Emperor Wu of Han was only barely supported. Moreover, historical books also recorded that many peasant uprisings had broken out in the late period of Emperor Wu of Han's rule. Isn't it possible to explain the problem?

Emperor Wu of Han respects Confucianism alone, but only a means to satisfy his central monarch's central central government's central government's central government's central government's central government's central government. In order to cater to the rulers, Dong Zhongshu did not hesitate to change Confucianism and adapt to the rulers' ideas, but only to make Confucianism dominate the academic market of the Central Plains. Therefore, these two guys are definitely sinners in cultural heritage. If it weren't for them, Chinese culture would have gradually developed in the controversy of hundreds of schools of thought and would not be self-confidence at all. Since the beginning of respecting Confucianism alone, the self-confidence in culture has opened a bad start. Because he cut off the channels for replenishing domestic culture and could not improve it internally, he could only pass foreign countries. After the ban on the sea, even the channel for foreign countries to improve themselves was gone, which caused China to be fully backward. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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