This nation nearly perished several times, but eventually became a world power and was hailed as the most powerful in the world
Throughout the history of the world, many powerful peoples have led to the decline of the nation due to the invasion of foreign enemies or the influence of foreign cultures, and finally disappeared in the long river of history. For example, ancient Rome had excellent cultural and political achievements in history, whether in military or cultural terms, it played an important "role" in world history, but in the end it still disappeared among the peoples of the world. And the Chinese nation has also "invaded" several times, but it still stands above the world and eventually becomes a world power, so what can make the history of the Chinese nation continue to be inherited, and finally become the most powerful nation in the world?
The earliest foreign invasion of the Chinese nation can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty, when the "Five Hu Chaos" plunged the Central Plains into chaos and chaos. In the Western Jin Dynasty, the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", the Hu people took advantage of the chaos to oppose the Jin. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid chaos, the Jin Dynasty royal family and the vast number of residents of the Yellow River Basin in the north entered the stable Yangtze River Basin, known in history as the Southern Crossing of the Yiguan, which led to the southward shift of the economic center of gravity.
There is a clear record in the Book of Jin: the time of the Wuhu Chaohua generally begins with the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty (316) and continues until the Xianbei Northern Wei unified the north (439). During this period, historians generally believe that it was a disaster for the Han people. In 581, the Sui Emperor Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, and in 589 the Chen Dynasty was destroyed, which brought China to an end to 300 years of turmoil and partition.
In this century catastrophe, the culture of the Central Plains was not only hindered, but also suffered endless destruction, when Emperor Wen of Sui established the Sui Dynasty, the culture of the Han people gradually rose, and severely attacked and controlled the previous entrenched "scholar class" imperial court, the implementation of the "examination system" is its most effective proof, meritocracy, rather than the previous hereditary system of scholars and nobles.
During the Song Dynasty, although the economy and culture of the Song Dynasty were relatively prosperous, they were still constantly invaded by foreign tribes, among which foreign forces such as the Liao State and the Western Xia constantly invaded the borders of the Song Dynasty and occupied the national territory. Famous generals such as Yue Fei, who are well known to everyone, were the national heroes who resisted foreign enemies at that time.
The "History of Song" records: "When the Western Han Dynasty came down, if Han, Peng, Dai, and Guan Zhi were generals, there would be no shortage of people in the generation, and they would seek their full instruments of literature and martial arts, benevolence and wisdom, and those who were like Song Yuefei, and there would be many generations." History says that Guan Yunchang learned from the Spring and Autumn ZuoShi, but he has not seen his articles. Flying northern expedition, the army to zhuxian town of Bieliang, there are zhaoban divisions, flying themselves to express their answers, loyal words, flowing from the heart, really have the wind of Zhuge Kongming. Yue Fei was given a very high evaluation.
Later, although the Mongol Iron Horse unified the Central Plains and continued to expand the land outward, due to the lack of governance skills, it only ruled for more than ninety years, and was replaced by Zhu Yuanzhang. The rule of the Yuan Dynasty ignored the important role of Central Plains culture and only attached importance to ruling the world by force, and such a rule was bound to not last long. And the culture of the Han people was also severely controlled and suppressed, so that in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the culture and economy of the Central Plains were far inferior to those of the Song Dynasty.
Later, after the "recuperation" policy proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, it gradually resumed. Liberate slaves, reduce taxes, send people all over the country to measure land, check household registration, etc.? Culturally, we should pay close attention to education, revitalize the imperial examination, establish a national supervision and cultivate talents, strengthen overseas exchanges with the outside world, and restore the status of the chinese suzerainty. Social production gradually recovered and developed, and history called the rule of Hongwu. In the "History of Ming", it is recorded: "Taizu used the wisdom of divine martial arts, embraced the aspirations of the people of the world, took advantage of the good times, Haojie Jingcong, suppressed chaos and destruction, and became an emperor in fifteen years." Rise of cloth clothes, dying Haiyu, unprecedented in the Western Han Dynasty. Punish the Yuan government and abolish it, and the governance is still severe. And the Central Plains culture was also revived in this way.
During the Manchu rule of the Qing Dynasty, the reason why it was able to rule for a long time had a great relationship with the policy of attaching importance to the culture of the Central Plains and the Manchu and Han families. However, in the late Qing Dynasty, due to the corruption and incompetence of the government, in the face of the invasion of the Eight-Power Alliance, it had to make a humiliating act of land-cutting compensation. But the Chinese nation has always been rising, eventually overthrowing the feudal dynasty and gradually developing into a world power, and this sleeping lion has become a presence that has attracted the attention of the world.
It can be said that the experience of the Chinese nation is extremely bumpy, but it has always stood firm, and the main reason is that in addition to the profound national culture, the main reason is that there is national cohesion, no matter what period there is a sincere patriotic heart, it is this cohesion that makes the Chinese nation gradually rise.
No matter what period of time, what flows in our bodies is the blood of the Chinese nation, what exists in our bones is the iron bone and national integrity, and there is such a national spirit, and it is an inevitable trend to become a world power. Especially now that China's status in the world is getting higher and higher, everywhere you go, you will feel proud and proud because you are Chinese.
References: Book of Jin, History of Song, History of Ming