But what if the various dynasties that united China for centuries?
Doesn’t that give the country a historical continuity?
A Chinese lady once told me that it was the Emperors, especially Khublai Khan, who gave the Chinese a strong sense of identity. So strong that after the Ming fell and the Qing came along, the people resisted. In fact the republican movement was ultra nationalist.
Doesn’t this give some credence to the claim that China is old?
Was Augustus Caesar a British monarch because England was a part of the Roman Empire? If the answer is "no" than the dynasties are not part of "Chinese" history. Half the dynasties were from non-Han races that viewed the Chinese as a slave population.
A powerful condemnation
Very interesting even though I find the author to be harsh on China.
是的，忽略中国的各区域组织团体之间内部的差异性和结构组成，士大夫歪曲删改历史信息，制造历史，声称中国文化具有一致性，通过一致性的文化人为建构出统一的中国，二十四史王朝观为此而生。今天的中国共产党同样如此，只不过他们暴力的摧毁东亚(中国）社会，将中国社会变成较为彻底的无产阶级社会，使得在全球化冲击下的这种中国建构显得更为单薄和脆弱。与西方人的民族国家建构是不同的。
But what if the various dynasties that united China for centuries?
Doesn’t that give the country a historical continuity?
A Chinese lady once told me that it was the Emperors, especially Khublai Khan, who gave the Chinese a strong sense of identity. So strong that after the Ming fell and the Qing came along, the people resisted. In fact the republican movement was ultra nationalist.
Doesn’t this give some credence to the claim that China is old?
Was Augustus Caesar a British monarch because England was a part of the Roman Empire? If the answer is "no" than the dynasties are not part of "Chinese" history. Half the dynasties were from non-Han races that viewed the Chinese as a slave population.
是的，通过忽略中国的各区域组织团体之间内部的差异性和结构组成，士大夫通过歪曲删改历史信息，制造历史的方式，声称中国文化具有一致性，通过一致性的文化人为建构出统一的中国，二十四史王朝观为此而生，今天的中国共产党同样如此，只不过他们暴力的摧毁东亚(中国）社会，将中国社会变成较为彻底的无产阶级社会，使得在全球化冲击下的这种中国建构显得更为单薄和脆弱。这与西方人的民族国家建构是不同的。