Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 308 Linguistics doesn't exist anymore!
Facing Guo Kang's miraculous metaphor, Zhu Wenkui always felt that there was something strange about it.But if you think about it carefully, you can't find any obvious mistakes.

"Is there any similarity between the civilization of the Indians and that of Greece?" he asked.

"It's hard to say the degree of similarity, but the influence and integration between civilizations is real." Guo Kang is sure about this: "For example, Buddhist statues, we all know about them, right?"

This time, even Princess Ma became interested and looked at him.

"I heard that at the earliest time, there was no tradition of making statues in Buddhism. Later, some monks began to make statues and worship." He looked at Monk Daoyan, and after he nodded, he continued: "In the early Indian The local Buddha statues are quite different from the current Buddha statues."

"But soon, the custom of statues in Gandhara in the north - that is, the 'Gandhara country' mentioned by Master Xuanzang - was influenced by the local Greek culture. The Greeks were very keen on sculpture, and the accumulation of technology It is quite rich, and quickly eliminated the rough style of the native India, and all kinds of statues suddenly became strong and vivid."

"Many statues in that place, with curly hair and beards, look like Greeks at first glance. And those warriors and guardians are simply Hercules with changed clothes. Therefore, a rather obvious style has been formed. "

"The various Buddhist statues in the Central Plains came from there, not directly from India. Therefore, in the early grottoes, you can still see obvious traces, and they gradually became Central Plains later."

"It turns out that there is also the influence of Greece." Monk Daoyan said with a smile: "The fate in the world is really magical, and the poor monk's trip is indeed not in vain."

Guo Kang nodded.

As the most influential foreign ideological system in the Central Plains in this era, Buddhism does have many foreign elements.Yelu Abaoji's famous violent statement "I don't believe it is not from China" is actually not unreasonable... It is quite interesting to go back carefully.

But Zhu Wenkui felt emotional: "In this way, the Greek seems to have something to do with India. I thought it was just a joke."

"Uh, just kidding..."

"Then, these Greeks, have they tried to sort out the orthodoxy and come up with theories?" Zhu Wenkui didn't care much about these, and continued to ask the previous topic.

"Maybe there is, but there is nothing to discuss. Anyway, no matter how you sort it out, you can't avoid Rome." Guo Kang said: "The Greeks don't mention Rome, which probably means that Seris doesn't mention it...uh..."

He got stuck in the middle of speaking.

"I can't think of anything to compare with." Guo Kang shook his head again and again: "I can't find a regime of equal importance in the history of Seris."

"If you have to say it, if Greece is just a country, it is a 'Southern Country'." He thought for a long time, and had to give an example: "This is just a region name, and since the Great Qin Dynasty, the place has long been regarded as a 'foreign nation'. 'Government—if you count all outsiders except the southerners."

"It's too difficult to establish a legal system for it alone. Qin Hui can't make up a whole set of theories." Guo Kang shook his head: "Even if it's just to stop the Northern Expedition, we can only force it. Because this kind of country will definitely go 'Restore Rome', otherwise it will not be able to sustain internally."

"It seems to be too..." Zhu Wenkui nodded.

Guo Kang is more confident in this judgment.Because in his world, the Greeks did try.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Greeks began to try to become independent from the Ottoman Empire, and eventually succeeded, establishing the first batch of nation-states.

At the time, the concept was relatively new. The idea of ​​"establishing a Greek state" also looks very advanced.So in terms of theoretical construction, there is only one small problem left: what is a Greek.

The Greek theorists have also been unable to solve this problem for a long time.

Before them, the case that can be referred to is probably only France.But the routes they followed were in opposite directions.

France stipulates that all people in the French land are of the French nation, so everyone must learn French—or speak Parisian—according to the requirements of the same nation.For this reason, the French regimes of all dynasties have used administrative and legal means to continuously attack local languages.

Before the Revolution, only about one in five people in France could speak French, and one in ten could use it fluently.For this reason, the National Convention held discussions, and some people suggested that the king was the culprit for this phenomenon of "Babel" with many dialects.Therefore, under the democratic system, whoever insists on dialects and does not speak French is a betrayal of the country and needs to be severely punished.Under this characterization, the promotion of French was quickly launched through a series of decrees.

The confidence to do so comes from long-term accumulation and the strongest central force in Europe.As early as the Valois dynasty, the king decreed that French was the standard language of the country.By the beginning of the 17th century, Richelieu opened the French Academy, and its original goal was to standardize the French language.

In 1670, the first mass-printed "French-Chinese Dictionary" in Europe appeared in France.Another 24 years later, a standard French dictionary was completed. At the beginning of the 18th century, Louis XIV hired a Chinese to write Chinese grammar, and later even introduced the "Kangxi Dictionary".As for why I like to refer to the Chinese, I believe the Chinese themselves know best...

Therefore, even if the dynasties continued to change, kingdoms, republics and empires came and went, the goal of unifying French has never changed.

Driven by the Enlightenment, many people believed that a free nation must have a unified language.Because the existence of dialects will create barriers, generate privileges, and create inequality among citizens; it will also hinder the people from receiving knowledge, and plunge the French nation into ignorance and confusion.Therefore, these dialects must be eliminated.

As for which languages ​​are French dialects, such as the Occitan language in the south and the Celtic language in Brittany, whether they are dialects or independent languages, the French regimes of all dynasties did not distinguish between them.Under their standards, as long as they are within France, even German and Italian can be French dialects, so everyone doesn't care at all.

This identity goes beyond even political leanings.After the end of the Great Revolution, the imperial regime and the subsequent Restoration Dynasty also promoted French and re-divided local regions to break the sphere of influence of dialects.Until the 21st century, France refused to join the EU treaty on the protection of local and national languages, because France officially does not recognize the existence of other nationalities.

Even if he did this, others would have nothing to do with him, because France has been the dominant power in Europe all year round, and it would be good if it didn't bully others. Who would use this issue to provoke it.

Even after World War II, it was the leading power in Europe, so naturally it doesn't matter.Even if France still claims that German in the Alsace region is also a French dialect, linguists can't do anything about it.

But the Greeks obviously don't have the capital.

(End of this chapter)