When it comes to the countless dynasties of ancient China, the changes between dynasties and dynasties have always undergone various changes. Some dynasties were peacefully transferred to power, while others experienced a long period of struggle and unification at the end of the dynasty, and finally a new hegemon emerged among the divided masses to unify the world.
It is said that the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, which are relatively strong in China's history, are the most culturally prosperous dynasties, and the other is the last dynasty ruled by the Han People, and there are many stories between these two dynasties, and many people are also indulging in this. But when it comes to the fact that the two dynasties are only separated by a short period of 98 years, some people may find it incredible, why is it that there is only a 98-year gap between the dynasties that seem to be so long apart?
First of all, there is a question of the concept of time, in fact, 98 years is not long, but it is not short. Take our example today, from today onwards, counting 98 years, our country is also in the early days of the Republic of China, social alternation, national turmoil, does it sound a little long? But from today to the past Republic of China, China has only gone through 98 years. Speaking of the history of the United States, in fact, the history of the United States as a country is only a few hundred years to this day, which may sound incredible, but it is true.
Let's talk about the average life expectancy of ancient people. In fact, the average life expectancy of ancient people is not long, and the old man who can live to the age of sixty or seventy is already a long life. And at that time, people generally married early, had children early, under normal circumstances, 15, 16 years old already had children, generation by generation so calculated, 98 years of time, the society can come out of up to five generations, these five generations of five generations of new blood is enough to change the appearance of the original Song Dynasty, so that new customs become habits.
However, the gap between Song and Ming is still very large, which cannot be analyzed one-sidedly from which dynasty. Maybe some people think that the two dynasties are very far apart because there is a Yuan Dynasty between the Song and Ming Dynasties, but in fact, there is no, and the Yuan Dynasty lasts only as short as we just said - a short 98 years.
Some people think that the reason for the length of the Yuan Dynasty may be that the changes in rulers were very frequent, especially in the late Yuan Dynasty, and there were as many as ten emperors in the next forty years, and each emperor reigned for more than four years on average. The rapid demise of the Yuan Dynasty is also one of the key answers to this question, and although the Yuan Dynasty looks strong, it appears to be strong after entering the Central Plains. The main reason for this result is that the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty did not pay attention to the people's hearts and minds, and the rulers did not understand the methods of governing the Han state, and political contradictions occurred from time to time.
The Yuan Dynasty between song and Ming was so short-lived, so people had the illusion of a long time apart, as for the reason for the short life of the Yuan Dynasty, presumably there is no need to describe it here, the Yuan Dynasty that has had many events actually only lasted for a short period of 98 years, which is also the part that many people have ignored.
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