Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 166 Bloodline theory, are you sure you are talking about a human being?
Spring and Autumn Period.

Each state of mind:

State of Qi: We have Duke Huan of Qi, the first powerful prince to fight for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the first to reach the peak of national power. As the saying goes, a dying camel is bigger than a horse, and we can survive until the end of the Warring States Period.

Chu State: If you say that I am half a Southern barbarian, then I will make myself king and beat anyone who refuses to accept it.

Qin State: Don’t bully the young and poor. For 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, Daqin guarded Xianyang and swept the world at any time, so that those who look down on me can no longer look down on me, and those who laugh at me will be trampled under my feet.

State of Jin: I am the "Gonghou" conferred by the Son of Heaven, and I am honored as an uncle. As long as I don't split, the lowly grooms in the west will not be able to get involved in the Central Plains.

Wu Yue: Once you are weak, we will take advantage of your illness and kill you.

State of Song: It’s time for a dog, and there is a powerful Qi State on the head, Jin State in the northwest, Qin State with strong folk customs in the west, Chu State in the south is always eyeing, and Wuyue is gradually becoming stronger along the southeast coast. Well, whoever hits me, I just want to ask for help from others, just dawdling around, who wouldn't?
Zhou Tianzi: I'm tired, I've already laid down, what do you like to do!

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This special episode of the Dialogue Spring and Autumn Program continues.

In the camera, Lin Feng looked at the elderly Duke Wen of Jin, and couldn't help asking, "Marquis Jin, why do you all look down on Qin in the west? Could it be because Qin's ancestors made a fortune as grooms who raised horses for Emperor Zhou, and their status was low?"

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it also depends on whether the blood is noble or not?
The lineage thing.

In the eyes of modern people, it seems that only the western continent is more serious. In China, since ancient times, people obviously don't care too much.

why?
Because in the eyes of Chinese people, only cats, dogs and animals can talk about pure blood.

"The people of Qin had the last laugh. They unified the land of Kyushu. Maybe this is the destiny!"

Duke Wen of Jin said bitterly, "Young man, we look down on Qin in the west for two reasons."

"First, their ancestors did come from humble beginnings, there is no doubt about it."

"Secondly, this is also the most important point. The Qin people are too fierce, stronger than the barbaric dog army. Everyone is brave, and they sit in the west, protected by a natural mountain. They can attack when they advance, and they can defend when they retreat."

Lin Feng was a little confused, what is the reason?
Qin is strong.

Want to be looked down upon by you too?
Jin Wengong also explained that among the vassal states, Jin and Qi are the most powerful and well developed.

But Qin State was very weak at that time. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Qin State could only gain a firm foothold, and the land area of ​​the Qin people was also very small. .

but.

The Qin State has become stronger step by step, and has the strength to compete with the princes of the Central Plains regardless of military and economics.

At this time, the princes of the Central Plains were afraid.

And dubbed the people of Qin as the "teachers of tigers and wolves". At this time, the state of Qin was already a giant crocodile that could not be provoked.

If you can't beat the Qin people, what should you do?
Turn over the old account!

They began to collectively ridicule the identity of the Qin people and deliberately belittle their existence, only to gain an advantage in language.That is to say, it's as simple as that, and it's not as complicated as it is said.

Lin Feng understood it.

Strength is the last word. When Qin was weak, he was looked down upon by the princes of the Central Plains.

When the Qin State was strong, it couldn't beat it, so it started to talk about it. In fact, it had nothing to do with the bullshit "blood lineage theory" at all.

Lin Feng said, you guys are enjoying it, but people from Qin take it seriously!

So much so that in the Warring States period, Qin Xiaogong shouted angrily: "The princes are inferior to Qin, there is nothing ugly."

The so-called don't bully the young and poor, the Qin people forged ahead, in order to avenge their shame, in order to conquer the ridiculers, finally started a vigorous Shang Yang reform, and finally Qin Shihuang unified the world.

"It's no wonder that on the side of Qin, there are Ming emperors from generation to generation, and there are almost no mediocre kings. There is no way, and they are not strong. How can Hexi last for 30 years?"

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that the people of Qin would fight back after being oppressed!"

"I suspect that behind the historical event of the division of the three families, Qin, the black hand, is fueling the flames."

"Brother, remove the doubt."

"If the Qin State hadn't played tricks behind the scenes to bring chaos to the Central Plains, I'd take off my head and use it as a chamber pot for you."

"I'm going, disgusting?"

"Actually, the people of Qin are not easy. They have contributed to raising horses for the royal family of Zhou. Because of the meritorious service of King Qin, they guarded the northwest border. Compared with Jin, Lu, Zheng, Qi and other countries, Qin's background is not too high."

"It is true that the ancestors of the Qin people raised horses for the emperor of Zhou at the beginning. The status of the Qin people is different from that of other vassal states; if you compare the current administrative regions, if the other vassal states are "provinces", then Qin It is the "city". Moreover, the place where the Qin people raised horses was in the area of ​​Xirong. Therefore, many countries in the Central Plains do not recognize that the "Qin State" belongs to the Chinese civilization."

"For the people of Qin, living in a desolate area is a hardship, but also an opportunity. They have fought with the Xirong for hundreds of years, fought more and more bravely, and finally played the prestige of the Qin people, making the Central Plains frightened."

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Bai Lu, who was recording with a pen and paper, confirmed and asked, "Marquis Jin, in this period, don't you really pay attention to the theory of noble blood?"

Duke Wen of Jin replied, "In the land of China, we pay attention to "respecting the king and fighting against barbarians". The respected king is the "Son of Zhou". Except for the Zhou royal family, the backgrounds of other princes are actually similar."

Bai Lu said again, "Marquis Jin, you are also surnamed Ji, and belong to the royal family of Zhou, don't you think you are superior?"

Jin Wengong replied, "Who in this world is not a descendant of the descendants of Yan and Huang? No one is more noble than anyone else."

Unspoken.

Even if there is, it is self-deception.

Lin Feng, "..."

This sentence, I have to say, caused Lin Feng to suffer a lot.

He did not expect that the ancients 2800 years ago had seen the problem so thoroughly.

Subsequently.

On the screen, Lin Feng typed out the second question of the dialogue with Duke Wen of Jin: "In China, why don't you pay attention to the so-called blood lineage theory?"

Netizens unanimously said:
Whose ancestors have gone through seven or eight generations without a prince or general? In modern terms, they are called the seventh grandson of the earl.

First of all, we only talk about the pedigree of pets; second, after 5000 years of civilization, whoever can leave a surname is not a head and face; besides, all surnames, up to 800 generations, are all nobles.

Lineage theory?Are you sure you mean a human? ? ?

God, aren't those who are still judged by bloodlines all beasts?What purebred horses, purebred dogs, purebred cats and the like.

All I know is that in China, only pets talk about bloodlines.

66666, God heard, you will be mad at you.

Where did the noble lineage come from in Xilu?Eight hundred decent Romans are all black-haired and black-eyed, and this group of blond-haired and blue-eyed people are all descendants of barbarians, so they deserve to be called noble?

In ancient times, the "surname" was used to indicate the bloodline. In order to prevent the marriage of close relatives, there was the so-called "no intermarriage of the same surname".

After Zulong unified Liuhe, the inheritance of the original nobles was completely interrupted, and the princes and grandchildren of each family were moved to other places; when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted "Ning has a kind", there will no longer be a family in China. What a natural "prince and general".

I remember that Puyi, the last "noble" bloodline, had to pay for tickets when he went home to see it in his later years.

The only usefulness of this thing is that when I talk about the mountains, it is a little bit useful to brag about "my ancestors were once rich".

My ancestors belonged to the Li family of Tang Dynasty who came to court from all over the world, am I proud?

My ancestors belonged to the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty. Is it preventing me from moving bricks now?
Cough cough, my ancestors belonged to the old Liu's family, and I only tell ordinary people when I'm drunk.

Hahaha, I'm better than you guys. If you count up, I belong to the Yellow Emperor's family. Do you want to show off or not?

……

In the deep palace hall.

Lin Feng returned to the topic and said, "Marquis Jin, I still have a question, I hope to give you some advice."

"You said."

Lin Feng asked, "Why don't you princes help the royal family of Zhou?"

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

These rising and powerful princes are flourishing in their own territory.

It seems that I have never heard of it.

Is there any prince who went to "Kuang Fu Zhou's house"?
Or go to assist the royal family of Zhou, work hard for Emperor Zhou, and help Emperor Zhou regain control of China Kyushu.

This question also confuses modern audiences.

(End of this chapter)