At the beginning, throw out the point of view, and then quote the scriptures with everyone:
1. The history of the origin of Western civilization, even if there is no complete fake, but during the Renaissance, for the sake of so-called "cultural self-confidence", it was constantly enriched and polished by future generations.
2. The character of Aristotle may have existed, but the history of his writing of more than 100 books and a total of more than 10 million words must be the aura imposed on him by later generations, which means that the arguments of the well-known domestic scholar Jin Canrong are partly correct.
(Note: One of the most understandable metaphors, for many famous quotes on the Internet now, is titled Lu Xun said, but Lu Xun said that I did not say)
3. Civilization is not achieved overnight, whether it is the Renaissance or the Industrial Revolution, it is an indisputable fact that the West has obtained a large number of science and technology and culture from China through the Arabs.
The most unscrutinizing aspect of Western history is that he has been severed, and has been severed for thousands of years. The European continent has been in turmoil for many years, and civilization and inheritance have been cut off for a while, that is to say, about history, they were originally not recorded, and once relied on their word of mouth. The strange thing is that during the Renaissance, ancient Greek civilization reappeared, and then various so-called written records about ancient Greece suddenly appeared, and the history of ancient Greece was accurate by Western scholars to a certain year and month, which suddenly appeared.
And about these histories, the Europeans say: "Even if I have no written and documentary records, but the Arabs do", which is very strange, the history of the Arabs is incomplete, their own history is not clear, but "no self-interest" for Europe to preserve ancient Greek documents?
Some time ago, writing an article about the history of Israel, the Jews were able to take out a Bible and run to the United Nations and say that this is their history, in the Bible, God promised Palestine that the Palestinian area was God's "promised land" for them, and the Bible was their title deed. Western logic is evident.
Oh, forgot. The Bible is considered by Western civilization to be one of their ideological foundations and historical sources.
Questions about the Western chronology
Western history clearly points out that ancient Greece had a calendar. But about the information about chronology in Western historiography, when you dig deeper, you can find that the logic is a little scary.
Herodotus mentioned in his work History that the solar calendar used by the Egyptians was more accurate than the calendar of the Greeks (the lunar calendar), which indicates that ancient Greece did have a calendar. However, the Greeks did not use the chronology of their calendar, but used the chronology of Olympia, the chronology of the Athenian consuls, the chronology of the Spartan overseers, etc.
Some people say that China also has a calendar, but there is also a lot of information in historical records that is the chronology of dynasties or emperors. But readers need to understand that even though dynasty or emperor chronology is indeed used in many ancient Chinese books, these chronology can be matched with the calendar because of the records of historical officials.
Note: Even if the Chinese historical system is so perfect, there are sometimes some deviations, such as the difference between Su Qin's birth and death dates by decades in different records.
But if you look at the ancient Greek records of famous people, it is more outrageous. Here are the years of birth and death and the lifespan of some of the famous philosophers and mathematicians of ancient Greece:
1. Plato, born 427 BC-died 347 BC, died at the age of 80;
2. Socrates, born 469 or 470 BC - died 399 BC, died at the age of 70;
3. Euripides, born 480 BC - died 406 BC, aged 74;
4. Aristotle, born 384 BC - died 322 BC, died at the age of 62;
5. Archimedes, born 287 BC-died 212 BC, died at the age of 75.
These records are comparable to the records in the Chinese family's "Family Tree", no wonder some netizens said; "They can even be accurate to the monthly if needed."
In addition, China studies history and usually compares it comprehensively with astronomy. Chinese scholars used the celestial information in the "Years of Ding" to determine the time of King Wu's felling, thus solving the problem of multiple historical eras.
However, it is also recorded in Herodotus' "History" that when the Spartan king Cleoblotos led his army out of the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece, a solar eclipse suddenly occurred, and the sky became dark for a while. Modern Western scholars have used this as a basis to try to determine the timing of this eclipse, and based on this, they speculate that the event occurred on October 2, 480 BC.
But let's look at what the scholar Cheng Bibo said, he pointed out in the article "How to Judge the Age of Herodotus by Solar Eclipse<历史>" that in 480 BC, a total or partial eclipse could not actually occur in ancient Greece. What's more, during the 50 years around 480 BC, there were no total or partial eclipse eclipses in the Corinthian Isthmus; From 486 BC to 478 BC, there was no annular solar eclipse.
So, what is this not a fake?
History that doesn't stand up to scrutiny
Lao Chen is a self-media person, and he has a feeling that for every 100 words he writes, he basically has to consult nearly 1,000 words of information. Aristotle is definitely smarter than Old Chen, but he has written more than 100 masterpieces totaling more than 10 million words, so please estimate how much reading is needed.
And at that time, all the words of the entire Western world added up, how many words did you have?
As Professor Jin Canrong said, this magnum opus of more than 10 million words is all written on parchment, has all the sheep in the entire Western world been killed enough?
Moreover, has archaeology unearthed any of Aristotle's original texts? No.
Some say that the name Aristotle may have been derived from the Chinese "Every's Total", which was then translated into English as "every's total". Subsequently, Westerners created a new name for the name, "Aristotle", and developed a whole ancient Greek writing system, again translating "Aristotle" into the ancient Greek name "Αριστοτέλης".
Lao Chen does not agree or object, and it may be a coincidence that the name is pronounced the same. But it is undeniable that Lao Chen proposed at the beginning that "civilization is not achieved overnight, whether it is the Renaissance or the Industrial Revolution, it is an indisputable fact that the West has obtained a large number of science and technology and culture from China through the Arabs." ”
Let's take a case: the birth of the steam engine is closely related to the industrial revolution, it can be said that the steam engine gave birth to the industrial revolution, and at the same time, the steam engine also provided the impetus for the vigorous development of the industrial revolution. The introduction of the steam engine greatly improved the efficiency of industrial manufacturing and accelerated the increase in productivity.
In China's late Ming dynasty, remarkable progress was made in the field of science. One of them, Wang Zheng, showed a keen interest in science and technology. Later, he entered the officialdom, making full use of his talents and resources, and achieved many outstanding achievements. He wrote a book called "New Illustrations of Instruments". Subsequently, he collaborated with Deng Yuhan, a missionary from Switzerland, to compile the Illustrated Illustration of the Curious Instruments of the Far West, which was published in 1627.
In the "Illustration of the New Instruments", there is a description that is still incomprehensible: "The fire ship goes away, the fire thunder blows itself, the wind wheel turns, and the windmill travels far." According to this written record, according to the modern understanding, the phrase "fireship self-departure" most likely refers to steam-powered ships.
Wang Zheng befriended the missionary Deng Yuhan from Switzerland, and it is believed that the world's first steam engine was invented by the French physicist Dennis Papen in 1679. Is it possible that Deng Yuhan or other missionaries brought the New Artifacts Back to Europe?
Epilogue:
In short, doubts are a good thing! The views put forward by Professor Jin Canrong are reasonable, and our domestic scholars should conduct in-depth research to enhance cultural self-confidence.
Five thousand years of old Chen's ups and downs
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