The Ming and Qing dynasties are the last two dynasties in the feudal history of the mainland, and the Qing Dynasty is relatively close to us, everyone is familiar with it, but it is not very familiar with the Ming Dynasty. There are also many evaluations about the Ming Dynasty, and the famous director and producer Gao Xiaosong once commented that the Ming Dynasty was a three-no-dynasty, why is this?
What is the Three Dynasties?
First of all, let's understand the three nothings, the three nothings mentioned here are of course not the current three no products, but refer to the reign of the Ming Dynasty
There is no outstanding monarch, no famous general who can get his hands on it, and there is no famous man like Zhuge Liang, who is well known to the world.
In general, it means that the Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with no mediocre qualifications.
In fact, Gao Xiaosong's statement that this is not entirely unreasonable, the emperor qualifications of the Ming Dynasty are also relatively mediocre, and other emperors except Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di do not seem to have much contribution;
First, the Ming Dynasty was indeed not very bright compared to other dynasties in Chinese history, and did not reach the prosperous dynasty like its predecessors during the Ming Dynasty's rule, nor was it as rich as the later Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the emperor qualifications of the Ming Dynasty were also relatively mediocre, except for Zhu Di, there was basically no well-known emperor, and the reason why Zhu Di was remembered was not because of his merits, but because he seized power and usurped the throne and killed his relatives, so although he had done a lot of work in the governance of the country later, his previous actions could not be called Ming Jun, so compared with the Tang Dynasty, there was no king who could get his hands on it.
Second, the emperor held the military power in his hands, and the Ming Dynasty did not attach importance to the military generals, resulting in most people abandoning the military and conforming to the text. Everyone knows that during the Ming Dynasty, the emperor strengthened the monarchical centralized system in order to consolidate his own power, and all the rights were in the hands of the emperor alone, in order to weaken the rights of the people at the bottom, he held the military power in his hands, and did not attach importance to the military generals.
As a result, many people abandoned wu congwen, and those military generals were all dispatched by the emperor alone, basically some small soldiers and young generals who had no opinion and no strategy. This is also the reason why in the later process of fighting against the Wokou, the Ming Dynasty has not achieved good results.
Because the cultural atmosphere of each dynasty is different, the types of literati are also different
As for the fact that there are no famous scholars, it is not completely agreed, because the cultural atmosphere of each dynasty is different, the types of literati are also different, the Tang and Song Dynasties are mainly popular in poetry, and the Ming Dynasty focuses on the study of science, to say that compared with those famous poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty is indeed incomparable, but represented by Wang Yangming and others, the study of science has reached a peak. These famous masters are from the Ming Dynasty, and how can it be said that there are no famous scholars in the Dynasty. Therefore, it can only be shown that the dynasty did not develop as quickly as the culture of the Tang and Song dynasties, and there were not so many literati, but it was not none.
Unilaterally, the Ming Dynasty is indeed weaker than other dynasties, so Gao Xiaosong's explanation that the dynasty is a three-no-dynasty is based on but not completely accurate, if unilaterally viewed, the Ming Dynasty is indeed weaker than other dynasties, but if you look at it from the general direction of the whole country, the Ming Dynasty can also be regarded as a dynasty with backbone.
There are many evaluations about a dynasty, but no matter which one is said, it can only represent the views of a few people, not the views of all people, so the evaluation of the Ming Dynasty still varies from person to person, and different people have different views.
Teacher Gao Xiaosong's evaluation of the Ming Dynasty may only see the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, because this dynasty has no great deeds and appears to be relatively mediocre.
But in fact, the Ming Dynasty still made several memorable events in history, including Zheng He's going to the West, spreading our culture to the West, narrowing the ties with foreign countries and having a far-reaching impact, and now Korea still retains the cultural characteristics of our Ming Dynasty at that time, which is inseparable from the national policy at that time.
In addition, during the Ming Dynasty, there were many external resistances against the Wokou, although the military strength during the Ming Dynasty was not very strong, but when dealing with foreign enemies, they were united, which was completely different from the later Qing Dynasty's request for advice.