Wentang

Chapter 657 Chinese Civilization

"Chinese Civilization" was Yue Shan's purpose for holding this meeting.

Throughout the history books, the ethnic composition of a large country will be very complicated, and various cultural beliefs are mixed together.The result is that there are many internal conflicts, and the last drop of blood is exhausted in the internal fighting.

The ethnic composition of the Tang Dynasty at this time is very complicated. Those forces in the Five Husbands and the Chinese period, the barbarians, Liao people, Dangxiang, Khitan, Shatuo people, Tiele, the forces annexed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it is a bit exaggerated to say that there are hundreds of ethnic groups, forty or fifty That must be said to be less.

Some of these forces have gradually integrated into the civilization of the Central Plains, such as the Xianbei people, Qihu, etc., and many of them still live their own lives in groups.

It's just that now that the Tang Dynasty is in full swing and they are weak, they dare not think otherwise.When the strength of both sides is reversed, these are all hidden dangers.

In fact, the Anshi Rebellion was initiated by Shi Siming from An Lushan, a Huren. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Shatuo people ushered in their own glory, Khitan even established the Liao Kingdom, and the Dangxiang people also established the Xixia regime after hundreds of years of recuperation...

Let's just say that from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and then to the Northern Song Dynasty, most of the forces and regimes in the north were established by the descendants of the ethnic minorities who belonged to the Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty.

So generally speaking, the achievements of the prosperous Tang Dynasty are far inferior to those of the Qin and Han dynasties.

After the first emperor unified the six kingdoms, Che Tonggui and Shu Tongwen not only completed the unification of the land, but also completed the unification of culture and living customs.

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism alone, completed the great unification ideologically, and twisted most of the ethnic groups in the territory into a single rope to form the concept of "Han people".

In the Tang Dynasty, only the unification of the territory was completed, and everyone's understanding of themselves and living habits remained the same.

Although it seems that everyone is a "Tangren" abroad, this is not the case internally.Party people are party people and will always be party people.Shatuo people are Shatuo people, and they are also Shatuo people until death.

It is said that Wenzhiwugong, the Tang Dynasty was not bad in martial arts, but it was far behind in Wenzhi.If it weren't for the two great masters Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, giving them a score of [-] out of [-] would be worthy of them.

Of course, if poetry is also a part of Wenzhi, then give them twenty or thirty points.

What Yue Shan has to do is to try to unify the thinking of the hundreds of clans in the Tang Dynasty, try to twist everyone into one rope, and it is best to really create a "Tang Clan".

"Chinese Civilization" was his first attempt.

But how to publicize the ideas of this book has become a problem. The literacy rate is too low, and it is too difficult to promote this book to the grassroots.

As I said before, hundreds of ethnic groups live in groups, and they have their own customs and culture. Whether they are willing to accept "Chinese Civilization" is another matter.

Yue Shan thought of using the power of Buddhism and Taoism.

The power of religion can penetrate to the lowest level, as long as there are people, there are monks and priests, and the common people are more willing to believe the words of monks and priests.

Religion can also cross the barriers of race and culture. Basically, people in the Tang Dynasty believe in Buddhism and Taoism, and even the vassal states around the Tang Dynasty also believe in the two religions.

If they are willing to help, "Chinese Civilization" can be spread in the Tang Dynasty at the fastest speed, which will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But how to get help from Buddhism and Taoism?This is a big problem.Buddhism and Taoism are not doing charity. It is impossible to help him for no reason. Even if he threatens the medical system, it is useless.

Others can superficially agree to do what they should do behind the scenes, it's too simple to obey and violate.

It is best to let them be willing to help.

It is extremely difficult to put it on others, and it is simply not feasible.But the reason why Yue Shan dared to think this way was because he really thought of a way.

It is to create a powerful enemy, create a tense atmosphere, make Buddhism and Taoism feel dangerous, and make them turn to the court and ask Yueshan.

So there is today's meeting.

Is there any greater threat to Buddhism and Taoism than the Green and Christian religions?And these two religions are real, not invented.

Yue Shan only needs to explain the general teachings of these two religions and the current situation, and then slightly exaggerate their harmfulness to Datang.

Even if Buddhism and Taoism go to inquire, Christianity has controlled a huge area in the West after hundreds of years of development, and even the Christian calendar system has been widely used.

The Green Cult has unified the Arabian Peninsula and is launching wars against the Sasanian Dynasty one after another.

These are all real, and we are not afraid of them asking about them. Nine truths and one falsehood are the easiest to deceive people.

In the past few years, the trade between Datang and the West has been very frequent, and Chang'an West City has a special gathering area for Hu merchants.Go over there and inquire about everything.

Even if they don't inquire, Yue Shan will induce them to inquire.

Even though the Christianity and the Green Cult are still far away from Datang, as long as Buddhism and Taoism see danger, even if there is only a [-]% possibility, they are not willing to gamble.

Cooperating with Yueshan to promote the thought of "Chinese Civilization" does not cause any loss to Buddhism and Taoism, but it can greatly reduce the possibility of the introduction of Green and Basic religions into the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, they have to rely on Yueshan for the construction of the medical system... There is a high probability that the two will help.

Yue Shan sat on the chair with confidence in his chest, and the others were reading "Chinese Civilization" in one hand.

For this Chinese civilization, he borrowed many ancient books and materials, and brought out many archaeological discoveries from previous lives.

Of course, it is inevitable that some of the content is fabricated, but the content he fabricated is not conspicuous in the whole book, and it is almost impossible to verify it.

There are more than [-] words in this book, there is not a single word of nonsense, all of them are dry goods.

The beginning is a mythical story. There is no way to do this. You can't tell them the theory of evolution.It is normal to borrow the beginning of a part of a fairy tale.

But this is not a book of mythology, there are only a few fairy tales in front of it.At the time of parting, Pangu opened up the sky and the earth, Nuwa created man, Gonggong crashed into Buzhou Mountain angrily, and Nuwa died while mending the sky.

In this book, Empress Nuwa did not leave after creating a human being, but has been sheltering the human race to thrive.After she mended the sky and died, the human race lost its protection, and lived a precarious and difficult life.

But human beings did not give up on themselves, but began to rely on self-reliance and self-improvement. The Chao family invented the house, the Suiren family invented fire drilling, the Zhisheng family invented farming, the Fuxi family weaved nets to catch fish, the Shennong family tasted hundreds of herbs, the Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou, etc. .

These are the footprints of the ancestors of the Chinese civilization, and it is from this that the Chinese civilization has slowly developed and grown.

Mythical stories such as Kua Fu Chasing the Sun and Hou Yi Shooting the Sun were not included.

After the battle for the deer, we entered the period of the Five Emperors and the Three Dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou. This is the period when the concept of Chinese civilization was formed, and it is also the core of this book.

Here he draws heavily from the content of historical records, describing the formation of the concept of Chinese civilization and the establishment of the Central Plains Dynasty, the main body of Chinese civilization.

At the same time, most of the past life archaeological discoveries and fabricated contents he carried are concentrated here.

For example, the earliest center of human activity was in the Heluo area... He discovered the ruins of the Heluo civilization archaeologically before he traveled, and he even wanted to travel there, but he failed.

Now it is just possible to determine the birthplace of Chinese civilization in the Heluo area, which can be regarded as the original source.

Shun exiled the four tribes loyal to Danzhu in the four directions of east, west, north and south.The various tribes around the Central Plains are descendants of these four tribes, but the history is too long and they have forgotten where their ancestors came from.

Danzhu led the Sanmiao tribe to fight against Shun. After the defeat, he led the remnants to settle in the south. This is the origin of Baiyue. The ancestor of Baiyue is Danzhu.

The allusions about Danzhu and the four evils have existed since ancient times, Yue Shan just carried them over and processed them a little bit.

Others are completely fabricated.

For example, during the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor's descendants migrated to the northern overseas, so there were tribes such as Yezo.

The descendants of Emperor Yan migrated to the southwest plateau, and Tubo, Baoji, Subi and other countries were all descended from his lineage.

……

There are still many real histories that Yueshan has not processed much.

For example, during the Shang Dynasty, Jizi led people to North Korea and founded Jizi Korea, which is the ancestor of the people of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje.

During the Qin Dynasty, when Xu Fu went out to sea to find the elixir of immortality, he went to Ezo Island and Fusang Island, and established a country, which is the ancestor of the people of the current Wonu Kingdom.

Anyway, the real and the fake are interspersed together, it is difficult to tell which is fabricated and which is true.

To sum it up, from the period of the Five Emperors to the Three Dynasties and then to the pre-Qin period, the ancestors of the Chinese civilization migrated around for various reasons, and finally multiplied and formed the current tribes.

Turks, Khitan, Dangxiang, Shatuo people, Tie Le, Xue Yantuo, Baiyue, Goguryeo, etc., including the countries of the Western Regions, are all part of Chinese civilization.

It's just that you have been passed down for a long time and you have forgotten where your ancestors came from.

Yue Shan not only gave a dry description, but also found a lot of specious evidence.

As for where the evidence comes from... part of it is real events, and part of it is 'created' based on some vague ancient books that no one can say for sure.

It can be said that in order to 'collect' these evidences, Yue Shan put in all the books he had read in his two lifetimes.

I'm not afraid of you going to verify it, anyway, I will kill it to be true, and if you have the ability, show evidence to prove it is false.

If this set of great migration theories were put into the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, people would spray them out.

But now it is the Tang Dynasty, the Great Tang dominates the world, and everyone can only kneel down and call Dad.Everyone admires the power of the Tang Dynasty and the brilliance of the Central Plains civilization.

If any foreign race is lucky enough to be given a Chinese name by the emperor or a famous person in the Central Plains, it will be a matter of Guangzong Yaozu, and it will be envied and hated by all the same clansmen.

Under such circumstances, Yue Shan, the leader of the new school of children of the gods, said that you are all part of the Chinese civilization, and you are all descendants of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. They will only think it is an honor, a pie from the sky.

Yue Shan's concern is not that those alien races will not accept this theory, but that some Central Plains people who pay attention to the theory of blood will not accept it.

Li Tang has been established for so many years, and there are still some people who insist on "Han" blood hugging together, mocking Li Tang's "Hu people" blood behind his back.

Especially those cultured gentry, it is estimated that they will be crazy about this book.

However, Yue Shan is not afraid. As a traveler, he knows very well that the great integration of nations is the major trend of history.And Chinese civilization has never been blood-only, it is more inclined to cultural identity.

In previous lives, many Westerners took it for granted that there are dozens of ethnic groups in China, and they will definitely be divided.But in fact, China has become one of the safest countries in the world.

If you remove the small country with few people and count it as a big country, China's security is far ahead.

Why?From cultural identity, we all belong to Chinese civilization.

That's why Western politicians say sourly that China is a civilization masquerading as a country.

In this book, Yue Shan also emphasized this point. Chinese civilization is not based on blood lineage, but comes from cultural identity.

Since the most ancient times, it has been tolerant and inclusive, actively absorbing the advantages of other civilizations, and it took thousands of years of development to have a strong and brilliant Chinese civilization.

If you go out, you will be Yi Di, and if you go out, you will be in Huaxia.

This sentence was re-examined again and written on the title page.

In the end, Yue Shandao clarified the central idea of ​​this book. We have a common ancestor since ancient times. Even if we don’t count ancient times, we are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty and part of the Chinese civilization.

We should no longer distinguish our identities by Dangxiang people, Turkic people, and Shatuo people. We are all Chinese, and we are all Tang people. We are brothers and enjoy the same status and status in Datang.

This is the main framework of "Chinese Civilization". As for how much effect it will play, Yue Shan doesn't know, after all, it is the first time he has done such a thing.

But it doesn't matter if he fails, anyway, he is still young, and he has plenty of time to do this, maybe he will succeed if he fails.

After a long time, Kong Yingda was the first to finish reading this book. He didn't say yes or no, but just looked at Yue Shan and said, "I am convinced of Yue Hou's pursuit, but it is difficult."

Yue Shan smiled and said: "What is not difficult? Since we are in this position, we should take up our due responsibilities. After reading the book, what is Kong Shilang's plan?"

Kong Yingda was silent for a long time, and there was a flash of struggle in his eyes, and finally there was only perseverance: "I thought that no one could surpass the achievements of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, but I never thought that one day such an opportunity would be in front of me. If I let go , I will regret it for the rest of my life."

Yue Shan said happily: "Haha... I knew that Kong Shilang would not be willing to be lonely, and he did not disappoint me."

Kong Yingda smiled wryly and said, "When this book comes out, I'm afraid that I, the grandson of Confucius, will be labeled disloyal and disfilial."

Yue Shan nodded, and then said in an unquestionable tone: "But after thousands of generations, we will definitely be the objects of emulation for future generations."

Kong Yingda's expression turned pale, and he agreed: "It's true, innovation will always be criticized."

Why did he say that?
The reason is that in the book, Yue Shan made some small changes to the origin of the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.This change will further elevate Lao Tzu's status... As a direct descendant of Confucius, he supports this book, which will definitely attract criticism.

At this time, Daoxin also finished reading the whole book, and wanted to say something, but he fell silent when he heard the conversation between Yue Shan and Kong Yingda.

The others also finished reading the book one after another, and understood Yue Shan's plan. Thinking about the contents of the book, they had tens of thousands of words to say, but they all remained silent in the end.

The last person to finish reading this book was Wang Yuanzhi. This old Taoist priest was indeed too old, and his energy was severely lacking, and he gasped after speaking a few words.

It was only because Yue Shan said the matter was so serious just now that he pulled himself together and barely finished the book, lying on the chair tiredly.If it weren't for Qifu's chest, people might misunderstand that he is no longer there.

Lu Qianchang quickly fetched a cup of hot water, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and poured out a few pills for him to take.

Seeing that everyone looked over worriedly, he explained: "This is a ginseng pill made from Changbai Mountain ginseng, which has the function of invigorating qi and nourishing the mind."

Everyone was relieved.

Since Yueshan regarded ginseng as the first to invigorate qi, it quickly spread in the Tang Dynasty and became a magic medicine for suspending life, invigorating qi and nourishing the spirit.Wang Yuanzhi is so old, it is normal to take ginseng pills to invigorate Qi.

After a while, the ginseng pill took effect, and Wang Yuanzhi opened his eyes, looked at Yue Shan with admiration, and said, "Yue Houzhi's plan is admired by the old Taoists, and our Taoists will do our best to participate in this grand event."

"Haha... Thank you, Sect Master Wang, for your support." Yue Shan said happily.

Then the ball was kicked to Fomen's side, and the four of Daoxin looked embarrassed.

It's not that they don't support Yueshan, but the changes in the book about the origin of Buddhism make them afraid to express their support.

(End of this chapter)