Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 248 Discrimination of Huayi
The tribute and diplomatic system of Ming Dynasty has not yet been made public to the world. On the one hand, apart from a few surrounding countries, Bai Mingxiu does not have many small countries to practice the way of Da Ming's father.Furthermore, Bai Mingxiu hopes to include this series of contents in the "Da Ming Charter" in the future.

At least until Bai Mingxiu completely unifies China, all forces are leveled off, national construction is progressing steadily, and people's lives are peaceful, Bai Mingxiu will not rashly throw out a constitution to frame himself.

And as far as the matter of tribute and diplomacy is concerned, there is one problem that Bai Mingxiu can't get around, and that is the distinction between Hua and Barbarians.The core of diplomacy is equality, and the essence of the distinction between China and barbarians is inequality.Don't think that the view of Yi and Xia is an unimportant thing. In fact, the distinction between Hua and Yi affects the main axis of the self-cognition and world outlook of Chinese civilization.

The Master said: "It is not as good as the death of the Xias to have a king in the barbarians."

In ancient China, it was a kind of simple nationalism to regard itself as China and consider other uncivilized peoples around it as barbarians. It united the people of the same group and radiated the achievements of its own civilization.The distinction between Hua and Yi basically revolves around the two criteria of blood kinship and etiquette education. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi emphasized the relativity of the distinction between Hua and Yi, going back to the pre-Qin era to distinguish Hua and Yi based on the standard of ritual civilization, that is, As long as you learn rituals and music, and talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, then you will be Hua.

The wars and changes between the Ming and Qing Dynasties were actually a major collapse and deconstruction of the distinction between Hua and Barbarians.On the one hand, the Chinese went from China to barbarians in well-dressed and civilized clothes, and on the other hand, Manchurians also went from barbarians to obedience to Confucianism and then went from barbarians to China, but how sincere and to what extent the latter is still worth studying.

In fact, since the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese have gradually come into contact with the wider world, and the concept of Yi and Xia has begun some changes and self-reflection.Typical examples include, as Sun Ting said: "In recent times, Matteo Ricci came from the country of Obaro across the sea. One in a hundred, there is no way outside Yinghai!"

Qu Shigu said: "Trying it out according to the picture, China ranks among the tenth in Asia, and Asia ranks among the fifth in the world. From Fuzhou, Chixian County, nine out of ten people are like Fuzhou in Chixian County. On the one hand, Xu Tianxia denounced him as a barbarian, so there will be no one to blame him!" (Author's note: Qu Shigu is Qu Shigu's cousin, and he should have been baptized to believe in Catholicism. He said that there is a certain position problem )

Feng Yingjing said: "Just like the teachings of Chinese sages, Western scholars have never heard of them before, and I have never heard of the books of Qianfang's sages they taught. They are invented by each other and benefit each other. But the Liuhe family is connected with each other. Therefore, it is not pleasant to hear eastward and westward."

Wang Fuzhi's views are also very representative. Wang Fuzhi said: "Those who are barbarians are not my kind, if they hunt and punish me, they will kill more and not hurt my benevolence. If they are poor and depend on me, they must be far away. It is not possible to take advantage of the covenant to indulge in prostitution, to enslave and cripple them and regulate them for profit, and the Han soldiers and officials crippled the Western Qiang, and the Qiang's misfortune was incomprehensible."

In short, I, the Chinese, are indeed superior to you foreigners. If you want to cause me trouble, I won’t hurt my benevolence if I kill you. But if you are poor and come to me, I will guard against you but let you To live, not to kill, rape or enslave you.

Observing Akito at that time from the perspective of a foreigner is another matter.

The "History of the Great Chinese Empire" written by Mendoza, Spain: "The next day, that is, Sunday, July 7, many nobles from the city (Quanzhou - Citation Note) went to visit the Spaniards. With a lot of etiquette and patronage, ... this visit took them all day.", "They were amazed to see the good manners, upbringing and noble manners of the nobles, and what they were asking about what they wanted to know, and what they answered. We are serious when we ask questions."

The missionary Zeng Dezhao recorded: "Chinese people readily praise any virtues of neighboring countries and bravely admit that they are inferior, while people in other countries don't like anything other than their own country. When Chinese see products from Europe, A word of admiration, even if it is not exquisite ... This humility is admirable, especially in a people who can surpass others, and it is a shame for those who have blind eyes and deliberately devalue what they see."

And this kind of grace and self-confidence, obviously, with the change of Ming and Qing Dynasties, China entered a dynasty ruled by barbarians, and completely collapsed, becoming more decadent and ignorant.

Bai Mingxiu led Xin Nanming to make a comeback and make a comeback. In fact, to some extent, it also impacted the traditional distinction between Hua and Barbarians.The content of the distinction between Hua and Yi is also Bai Mingxiu's "teacher". Master Ma En, who is fighting tirelessly in the spiritual and ideological positions, often narrates the content of writing.

Bai Mingxiu's revised distinction between Hua and Barbarians, on the basis of the original distinction based on etiquette and enlightenment, has risen to a bit of social Darwinism.Master Ma believes that there are seven continents in the world, with vast land and many ethnic groups.The Chinese nation stands proudly at the center of the world, civilized, ritual and music-educated, and has been passed down for thousands of years. It is the head of human civilization.In the final analysis, the reason why China is China is that the Chinese people have mastered advanced productive forces, are able to raise their people, live a prosperous life, and promote civilization and education, making the society stable and harmonious.

Then, we Chinese people should recognize their civilization, communicate with them, learn their strengths, learn from their strengths, and coexist peacefully with them who know how to study science and technology, work hard, and have virtues.

If there is a nation that has strong material capabilities, but has no moral standards, enslaves and bullies the weak without knowing restraint, then we do not think that they are civilized and should hoe the strong and help the weak and protect themselves.

Master Ma did not mention a moral but non-productive nation, because in the new philosophical theory, such a nation cannot exist, and it does not exist in reality.

Only with this set of philosophical views on the distinction between Hua and Yi can Bai Mingxiu be able to support the new tributary and diplomatic system of Ming Dynasty. Countries attached to Ming Dynasty are tributary countries, while countries recognized by Ming Dynasty are diplomatic relations.Of course, if you strictly follow Master Ma's theory to get stuck, no country is qualified to become a civilized country like the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, under all these theories, there is a layer of underlying logic—since none of your countries are qualified to be equal to my Da Ming’s father, you should call me Da Ming honestly. Daddy will love you sons well, and there is no need to be a human being. What's good, isn't it good to be my daddy's dog?

What kind of experience is it to accept all the member states of the earth as tributary states?
(End of this chapter)