Text: The Secret History of Fusu
Editor/The Secret History of Fusu
The United States has always been very enthusiastic about studying the mainland, and not only does it try by all means to understand our military and suppress the mainland's economy, but now it is unwilling to let go of the mainland's history. [Ultraman]
It would have been nice if these people had been able to study history objectively, but after they had done so, they had to put forward some different opinions to deny our history.
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"Double Standard Treatment" in Historical Research
Westerners believe that Chinese history must be a dynastic history ruled by the Han Chinese, and that the period of foreign domination of China is not Chinese history but foreign history.
Chinese can only be Han, and other ethnic groups are not Chinese, which is a typical Yuan-Qing non-Chinese theory. It is a set of theories that decomposed China developed by the Japanese when they invaded China, and the Yuan and Qing dynasties were established by Chinese ethnic minorities to rule China, which is the consensus in China today.
Westerners, when interpreting the concept of China and the Chinese, only regard the dynasty established by the Han as Chinese, and only the Han Chinese are Chinese.
Under this logic, half of China's current history belongs to foreign history, and the Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Qing dynasties are all foreign histories of foreigners, because they are not dynasties ruled by the Han Chinese, so they are not the history of China.
This is completely inconsistent with China's current ethnic composition and territory, which is to deny the identity of non-Han ethnic minorities as Chinese, and to deny China's sovereignty over Xinjiang, Tibet, and Mongolia, the traditional areas of ethnic minorities.
These people who study the "new Qing history" are mainly from the United States, and on the surface they seem to be engaged in serious academic pursuits, but in fact they are premeditated.
At the heart of this school of thought is the questioning of whether dynasties founded by ethnic minorities, such as the Yuan and Qing dynasties, should be considered part of Chinese history.
The formation of this school of thought was inextricably linked to and inspired by the influence of Japanese historical thought, and some ideas have been used in the study of Japanese history, among other things, to deny the centrality of Chinese culture in East Asia.
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Originated from a Japanese ideological conspiracy
After the Meiji Restoration, Japan underwent a radical social transformation, moving from feudalism to modernization. During this period, Japan began to rise rapidly as a powerful Asian power, but in the process of its expansion and rise, it exposed its ambitions and intrigues to the mainland.
Japan's expansionist ambitions did not stop at home, they began to seek to expand their influence in Asia, and the mainland became one of their targets.
After the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan acquired a series of rights and interests in the mainland, including the cession of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. This gave Japan an advantageous position in regional affairs, and the historical events of Japanese politicians using various means to promote the division of China began to surface.
An important factor in this was the Manchu background of the Qing government, which had a disagreement with the Han orthodox Han Chinese regime, which became one of the reasons for Japan's attempt to divide China.
Although Sun Yat-sen proposed the concept of a "five-ethnic republic" aimed at promoting national unity and the common prosperity and sharing of people of all ethnic groups, Japan did not abandon its expansionist ambitions against China.
They take advantage of internal contradictions in an attempt to sow division on the mainland. This was not only motivated by a desire for continental territory, but also reflected Japan's pursuit of hegemony over the entire Asian region at the time.
The Japanese just want to divide our nation, and then invade the territory of the mainland, and want to cover up their crimes.
Japan's conspiracy for Chinese expansion was manifested through a variety of means. These include setting up spheres of influence in China, supporting separatist movements, and interfering in China's internal affairs.
Traditionally, the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchurians, and the New Qing School of Historiography has put forward a different view, questioning whether the Qing Dynasty should really be seen as part of Chinese history.
They pointed out that the establishment of the Qing Dynasty was actually a historical process involving multiple ethnic groups, rather than the conquest of a single ethnic group. This view challenges the traditional nationalist view of history and provides a new perspective for our understanding of the origins and nature of the Qing dynasty.
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The history of the Yuan and Qing dynasties was denied
Within the framework of the New Qing School of History, the Yuan and Qing dynasties, founded by ethnic minorities, were regarded as periods with a unique place in Chinese history.
They argue that the history of these two periods should be included in the broader framework of Asian history, rather than being seen as merely part of Chinese history.
This view of Inner Asian history has made us pay more attention to the mutual influence and exchange between various ethnic groups in East Asia, thus transcending the national boundaries in the traditional concept of history.
Some scholars have questioned their view, arguing that it may place too much emphasis on minority participation and ignore the dominance of the Han Chinese in the course of history.
It has been pointed out that the overemphasis on the pluralism and coexistence of the Qing Dynasty may have obscured the Qing Dynasty's rule and oppression of other ethnic groups.
While questioning the "New Qing History," some mainland scholars have also criticized some specific views of this school, one of which is the questioning of the "New Qing History" school's practice of equating "China" and "Han" to the same level.
According to this view, the equity of "China" with "Han" may be interpreted as a denial of whether the Qing Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty, and some even believe that there is ill intentions in it.
This criticism has focused on the reorientation of the Qing dynasty's place in Chinese history, and some scholars believe that such a reciprocal approach may lead to a dilution or even negation of the Qing dynasty's historical role and status.
Westerners, on the other hand, are very tolerant of their own history, believing that Rome is the history of their European countries, and Roman culture is their European culture, even if most of them have no blood relationship with Rome.
But it still does not affect them to regard Rome as their great history, Spain was colonized by the Arabs for 800 years, they never deny that this history is not their history, Greece was colonized by Rome and Turkey for 2000 years, and they never deny that this is Greek history.
There is no Egyptian who does not consider the Ptolemaic dynasty to be a foreign history and not a national history, even if now the Egyptians are not ancient Egyptians at all, but Arabs.
Similarly, the Golden Horde, the Kushan Empire, and the Mongol Empire were all considered by the local peoples to be their own national history, even if the peoples who founded these countries were foreign invading colonizers, if according to the logic of the West, India, Greece and Persia basically had no history.
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