Chapter 814 (2/2)

”If we want them to stop reflecting on our Tang Dynasty, we must let them share the same culture with us, and inject the soul and totem of our Chinese nation with your ancient books and books, instead of giving them up as barbarians! At that time, Confucius also knew that he traveled around the world to see the differences among the countries in the world. Although he only lobbied among the countries in the spring and Autumn period, he knew how to visit countries with different cultures and then sum up the culture that is beneficial to our Chinese nation. What about you? It's just lying on the merit books of our ancestors, wearing the hats of Confucian sages, and domineering in Chang'an city. Whether you are Yan Weizhen or you Kong Zhiyue, have you ever been to Anxi? Have you ever known the folk customs there, whether they are fierce or simple, or are they really unreasonable in the barbarian areas? It has been more than ten years since the imperial brother reorganized Anxi. Did you ever want to leave Chang'an and visit the barbarians and barbarians in Anxi? You are just relying on your impression to turn Anxi into a barbarian land. You are just hearsay that the people of Tang Dynasty in Anxi are barbarians who don't know etiquette and etiquette. But do you know that they are no longer what you imagined in the development of emperor brother these years? ””The king's words are not so good. Did the king once know more about Anxi...”

”Yes, not only did I lead my troops to fight against Dashi, tuhuoluo and Tuotuo, but I also wanted to check whether Anxi's tutelage, after so many years of development, has been divorced from the bad image in my impression. But the fact is that the wealth of Anxi and the etiquette of the people in Anxi are not so bad as you say!” Of course, Li Zhe has such a right to speak. After nearly a year's expeditions in Anxi, he knows more about whether the folk customs there are fierce or simple, whether they are barbaric or civilized.

In history, no matter in the Tang Dynasty or other dynasties, especially those literary Confucians who regard themselves as the mainstream culture of the Chinese nation, few of them are willing to step out of the Central Plains and go to other places to investigate the people's conditions. Even if they want to defend the imperial power, they have to do it under the pressure of the imperial court, in order to keep the pride and reputation of their families 。

Who is the most famous foreign envoy in the Tang Dynasty? Wang xuance has both good and bad reputation. It is still taboo to mention his name in the imperial court. After all, although his envoys to the western regions and other countries have done most amazing acts, Li Hong even talks about destroying one country by one, and he is proud of it.

But then again, besides Wang xuance, who has ever served as an envoy to other countries? Xuanzang is one of them, but he just went for the sake of Buddhism. He never brought the Chinese culture out.

The greatness and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation, which was talked about in the last generation, is particularly obvious in the Tang Dynasty. But when we include other foreign cultures, have we ever exported our culture to other places?

Even in the last generation, we can see the most famous Silk Road in the historical relics. The most basic and important role of the silk road is obviously not to transport the Chinese culture, but to sell the commodities of the Chinese nation relying on the lowest merchants in the industry and commerce, so as to achieve the historical heritage of the last world We are very proud of the influence in the trail.

Have you ever wondered why the land outside the Central Plains is not very receptive to our sense of belonging and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation?

The reason is that after the ousting of the hundred schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism, the Confucianism was spoiled by the rulers, which gave them enough soil to grow comfortably, so that he could serve the imperial power while enjoying the fame of the imperial power.

With the lack of competitors and the support of the imperial rulers behind them, they become more comfortable, so that they do not have to look for more cultivation soil for their Confucian culture, so that our mainstream culture can only take root in the Central Plains, but never be accepted by others.

Finally, as in the last generation, we need to spend a lot of money to set up Confucius Institutes in various places to increase our overseas Chinese's sense of identity with our ancestors.

Throughout the history of 5000 years, has there ever been a great scholar of Confucianism who would go out of the Central Plains and pass on their own culture to areas outside the Central Plains? Is it hard to accept in areas outside the Central Plains? But they don't even have the most basic words! Why is it hard to accept?

Is it their savage and inferior root that makes our mainstream Confucianism lose its suitable soil? But our mainstream Confucianism also broke through many obstacles and finally reached the top of the pyramid of Central Plains culture.

Therefore, our mainstream culture is popular in the Central Plains, but it is difficult to take root in other places. Is it because the imperial power does not need them to travel far to spread culture, or is it because they are spoiled by the imperial power that they lose their ambition to continue to grow?

If only Confucianism could be sown among the herdsmen ruled by the Han Dynasty since the implementation of the Han Dynasty, would the centripetal force of the Chinese nation become wider and not limited to the Central Plains?

Of course, there are many complicated reasons, but the Confucian sages who were spoiled by the imperial power lost the desire to continue to rise to the top and continue to grow stronger, and the reasons for forming inertia were inseparable.