Since entering the new era, many old ideas have been rejected, and our ideas have been increasingly influenced by the Internet. Many things that were not controversial have also become controversial.
For example, the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, which are both feudal dynasties in China's history. But now, there is a different voice, believing that this is an invasion of the Chinese nation by foreign forces. Such a statement immediately caused a lot of controversy among many people, some agreed with it and some denied it, each with its own reasons.
Today, we will discuss this topic,
Is the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's rule over the Chinese nation an invasion by foreign forces?
Photo: Stills from the reign of the Qing Dynasty
To be honest, personal opinions do not agree with this statement, the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was not an invasion by foreign forces. In the final analysis, it can only be regarded as the rule of the minority nationalities over the land of China.
How can a country whose ruling class has only changed its nationality be considered a foreign force? And the reason for this statement is that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were not members of the ancient Chinese nation.
In fact, this statement itself is wrong. The origins of the Yuan Dynasty and the Chinese nation can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty at the latest.
During the Tang Dynasty, rulers were not only called "emperors", but also "Heavenly Khans". At that time, in the Liao River Valley, the Khitan people were dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and from time to time they made a little noise to confront the Tang Dynasty.
Although it is a fact that the Khitans confronted the Tang Dynasty, the Khitans also flowed with the blood of the Chinese nation. Because, although they are in turmoil, they are still the people of Datang.
It can be said that this is just an internal contradiction, and it extends to the present, and the relationship between the mainland and Taiwan is the same, which belongs to China's internal affairs and is not an international dispute.
Later, the Tang Dynasty declined and collapsed, and the Khitan chief Yelü Abaoji used the identity of "Heir of the Tang Dynasty" to create the Liao regime.
Image: Stills of the Tang Dynasty Tian Khan
That is to say, the Liao is actually a continuation of the Tang Dynasty, but it is just a change of appearance, a change of national name, and a change of ruler. As for the people of Daliao, there are still Han Chinese, as well as ethnic minorities in the northern plateau area, including Tatars.
In other words, the Liao State is just a miniature version of the Tang Dynasty, how can this be regarded as an invasion by foreign forces?
In the late liao dynasty, the last emperor, Yelü Yanxi, faced with the invasion of the Jin, led an army of Tatars to confront it. However, this is like a drop in the bucket and does not mean much. Under the iron hooves of the Jin people, the demise of the Great Liao was already a foregone conclusion.
As we said above,
Tatar
Man was once subordinate to the Liao regime. And this
Man is the later Mongols, in other words, the Mongols are also part of the ancient peoples, so the Mongols are naturally not foreign forces.
After the fall of the Liao, the Jin state took over the Jiangshan of daliao, and also took over the people of daliao, and the tatars also came under the rule of the Jin. During this period, the Tatar chieftains were still very concerned about the situation in the Central Plains.
The most obvious example is that after Yan Yongji inherited the throne of the Golden Kingdom, this caused Temujin's dissatisfaction. The relationship between Mongolia and the Jin Dynasty shown in this matter is the relationship between submission and submission.
From this perspective, the Liao continued the rule of the Tang Dynasty, while the Mongols were once ruled by the Liao and Jin. Later, the Mongols destroyed the Jin regime, which can only be seen as a rebellion within the Jin state, and the Mongols disobeyed the Jin rule, so they overthrew the Jin dynasty.
Image: Stills of the Mongols disobeying the rule of the Jin
In this way,
From the Tang to the Yuan, there was no invasion of any foreign forces, and the reason for the destruction of the country was due to internal rebellion. Therefore, the Yuan Empire created by the Mongols can only be said to be the result of the rebellion of the Chinese ethnic minorities.
Let's look at the Qing Dynasty created by the Manchus. In fact, the Great Qing Dynasty was a further expansion of the Later Jin Khaganate, which was founded by Nurhaci.
You know, Nurhaci's ancestors were once crowned by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, Nurhaci's ancestors were all local bureaucrats during the Ming Dynasty. Since it was a Ming Dynasty bureaucrat, it was naturally not a foreign force.
In addition, regardless of Nurhaci's ancestors, even Nurhaci himself was crowned by the Ming Emperor and belonged to the category of Ming border generals. Later, Nurhaci created Houjin, which, for whatever reason, was an internal contradiction of the Ming Dynasty.
Image: Nurhaci stills
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army entered the pass, which was also equivalent to the rebellious separatist forces that unified the Central Plains Dynasty. In essence, this also belongs to the internal dynastic succession in ancient Chinese history. During the Tang Dynasty, the An Lushan Rebellion was also a rebellion within the Tang Dynasty, and likewise, after the establishment of Nurhaci, Jin was also a rebellion.
The difference between the two was that An Lushan ultimately failed and failed to establish a new dynasty. Nurhaci succeeded and successfully established the Qing Dynasty.
So
On the whole, the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's against the Central Plains
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It is only the rule of ethnic minorities that does not involve foreign forces.
If Japan invaded China before the founding of New China, this is called the invasion of foreign forces.
Guys, what do you think about that? Do you think the yuan dynasty and the rule of the Qing dynasty belonged to the invasion of foreign forces?
Article author: Dahui
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