sweeping the world

Chapter 696 This is to do something!
Every civilization has its own unique culture. From clothes to food, almost every detail of life is part of culture.

Nowadays, only a few civilizations have the concept of cultural invasion. For example, the Zhuxia civilization has long been engaged in cultural invasion. The result is that the countries or nations around the Central Plains Dynasty will be more or less affected. Almost every country or nation You can see the cultural shadows belonging to the Zhuxia civilization.

The Zhu Xia civilization's method of cultural invasion can be said to be the mildest. It shows the height of its own civilization and uses its own military strength as a deterrent. The means of cultural dissemination are not bloody at all, but more based on absolute superiority. Crush backward civilization.

It is inevitable for those with backward civilization to learn from advanced civilizations. The Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties have also been willing to spread the culture of the Central Plains. As a result, the Central Plains civilization circle in East Asia is very large, and the radiating Pan-Central Plains cultural circle is even larger.The direct manifestation is that the characters of quite a few countries are simply Chinese characters, and some countries that have been greatly affected also wear slightly modified Hanfu.

Regarding the influence of the cultural circles in the Central Plains, the Bangzi Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom, and the Monkey Kingdom were most affected. The three countries have used Chinese characters for nearly 2000 years. As a result, after Confucianism became the mainstream of the Central Plains, some Confucianism also has been affecting the three countries mentioned above.

On the other hand, it is clothing. The Central Plains Dynasty has been changing in clothing due to the change of dynasty, but it generally continues the characteristics of the Han family's clothing. One of the exceptions is that Li Tang added quite a lot of Huren and Western Regions colors, which spread out. "Tang clothes" full of Li Tang colors.In fact, there are obvious differences between Tang clothing and traditional Han clothing, which also affected the subsequent Central Plains dynasty.

The influence of the Central Plains culture is also reflected in the clothing.There are quite a few countries where the upper class basically dress according to the styles of the dignitaries of the Central Plains Dynasty, without any changes in style. Even how the rulers of the country dress is supervised by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Bangzi Kingdom, Wa Kingdom and Monkey Monkey, their so-called national costumes are actually the costumes of a certain stage of the Central Plains Dynasty. For example, the Wa Kingdom has continued the Central Plains costumes from the pre-Qin period, and the Bangzi Kingdom has been the most affected until the Ming Dynasty. China is also full of the characteristics of various costumes of the Central Plains culture.However, behind the monkey monkey is because the Europeans colonized and were forcibly changed to the clothing color of the Central Plains culture, and even the language of the monkey country has become the Latin system.

Regarding characters, Bangziguo produced an unsound font during the de-Sinicization period, and many pronunciations are actually imported. The pronunciation of quite a few words and phrases is directly copied from Chinese characters. (If you are interested, you can check it)
On the contrary, the Japanese country has always retained Chinese characters. At first, the font was all Chinese characters. Later, the hiragana and katakana were developed through a relatively complicated process. At first, it was to distinguish between nobles and commoners, and then it became phonetic notation.By the time of the Republic of China, some intellectuals studied Japanese and also engaged in phonetic notation, which is the pronunciation of radicals. (Different from the Latin alphabet pinyin of the Celestial Empire, Wanwan still uses the same set of radicals today)
In some pronunciations of the Japanese country, it can actually be distinguished that there are similarities between Hokkien and Hakka, and even the meaning is the same.Then there are some Nanyang pronunciations, and there are also some pronunciations of the disappearing ethnic groups in the Northeast in history.That is, although some characters are the same as those of the Celestial Dynasty, the same characters have different meanings.

The civilization of the Central Plains has long been the most advanced civilization in East Asia, and it has long been taken for granted that the neighboring countries "follow the trend", and with Confucianism's persistent desire to educate the barbarians, it is difficult for the neighboring countries not to be greatly affected.

Compared with the civilization of the Central Plains, other civilizations usually use religious methods to invade culture. This was the case with the Greeks in the past, and the same is true with the Persians now. Later, Islam and Christianity After the rise of the 1st religion, they became even more persistent, to the point where not believing in our God is considered a heresy.

In the history of the Central Plains civilization, there were no national wars that broke out because of different religious ideas, but in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, wars broke out because of religious beliefs.If you study it, you will actually find that it belongs to the dominance of the "single god".

Whether it is called Zoroastrianism, or Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrianism, and Zoroastrianism called Zoroastrianism in the Central Plains, this religion is not a "single god" system, and its aggressiveness is not strong. It is very important for the spread of belief But they have the commonality of religion, that is, they are extremely enthusiastic.

Huan Wen took a special look at it. On the Han side, there are indeed many people who believe in Zoroastrianism. Just like the high-ranking officials of the Central Plains civilization, the first thing he thought of was to solve it.

No matter which dynasty in the Central Plains, they all regard religion as a big threat, and it is impossible for any religion to win over believers unscrupulously.In the history of Zhuxia civilization, no matter what it is, it must be submitted to the royal power. Even religions should serve the king's rule. In this way, it will be easy to eliminate some religions and leave those useful to the rule. Religion develops in a restrictive nature.

Of course, it was impossible for Huan Wen to let the Persian religion unscrupulously win over believers. He asked Si Hongzhuang to warn the Persians first, and then purge the army.

A very miraculous scene happened. The Han people who originally believed in Zoroastrianism immediately gave up Zoroastrianism without any surprise after they found out about the official rejection.

Megapanos was very happy to find that the Han people were so deceitful, and he was planning to attract more Han people to become believers. Just before he wanted to hold a major religious ceremony, Si Hongzhuang went to warn Altaba Maxistios, by Altaba Maxistios expressing dissatisfaction to Megapanos.

"Faith is sacred, and human power should not interfere." Megapanos was very dissatisfied with Huan Wen's absence, and what was even more dissatisfied was that he had not received enough attention from Han: "Any disrespect for God, They will all face the wrath and punishment of God!"

Zoroastrianism is the state religion of Persian Sasanian, and its interests are bound to form a bond with most of the high-level Persian Sasanians, that is, most of the high-level Persian people know what religion is all about. Those who talk about it are that the higher the status is, the less they believe. The reason for their support is nothing more than interests, and the existence of religions is conducive to their rule over the people.

No problem, the higher the identity and status, the more power and resources they have, the more they understand the nature of religion. They will defend religion for various reasons, but they don't believe in those gods at all nagging.

Altaba Masistios belongs to the kind of high-level people who know why Zoroastrianism became the first religion in the Persian Sassanid Kingdom, and on some occasions, when necessary, they will show that they will defend their faith to the death His behavior, like many people, knows what's going on, it's nothing more than "life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills" and the like.

"You have to do something!" Megapanos is acting now, and he said to Altaba Masistios very seriously: "The glory of Ahura Mazda will also be as great as that of the Han people." share!"

Ahura Mazda is the supreme god of Zoroastrianism, which means "Lord of Wisdom" and is the supreme god. It has virtues such as light, life, and creation, and it is also the embodiment of laws, order, and truth.It created the material world and also created fire, the "infinite light", so Zoroastrians worship fire as their sacred duty.

Just like many religions, the main god of any religion is very busy, such as creating the world (universe), and although the sayings and methods are different, humans are created by them, and then they must There are omniscient and omnipotent means.

Eltaba Masistios knew very well what Megapanos meant. This time the contact between Persian civilization and Central Plains civilization was not a small fight before. The two sides would have frequent conflicts due to the emergence of sea routes. The communication is from the official to the private sector.

The contact of any civilization will inevitably lead to collisions, and the more intense ones start with war, and the existence of the other party will not be recognized until one party cannot eliminate the other.

This time the contact between Persian civilization and Central Plains civilization was in a mild form. At least the opening method was very gentle. The two sides also formed goodwill in some places. However, this does not mean that there will be no competition after the collision. It just does not use war as a means. That’s all.

The Persians are located in the middle of the East and the West. They are far more aware of what happens when the two civilizations discover each other than the civilizations of East Asia or Europe.It can be said to be a comprehensive competition from civilizations. Whoever accepts whose culture is more will not only prove the advanced nature of their own civilization, but also form a dominant nature. No country (nation) will underestimate the dominant The importance of power, and countries (nations) that underestimate this point cannot do without being swallowed up to the point that there is no residue left.

"This is a difficult war!" Megapanos said with melancholy: "The Han people are a nation with a long history. Their history has given them independence in life, which is the most precious heritage. .”

The Persians swallowed many nations, and there was no lack of difficulties and setbacks in the process. Some nations lost their own culture after accepting Persian culture, and they were integrated into Persian culture without the use of force by the Persians. It is the nation with the most thorough understanding of cultural invasion among all civilizations so far who has tasted the benefits of cultural invasion once.

In contrast, the civilization of the Central Plains has always been engaged in cultural aggression against other countries (nations). The problem is that the civilization of the Central Plains really does not have as many difficulties or setbacks as the Persian civilization.The Central Plains civilization "killed" other civilizations in a crushing way, which led to the Central Plains civilization not understanding and paying attention to cultural aggression as thoroughly as the Persians.

Altaba Masistios was not surprised that Megapanos used the word "war". Compared with the fighting of flesh and blood, the change of thinking brought about by culture is more important. The high end is also more brutal.

"I will make the most serious negotiations with the Han Empire!" Altaba Masistios first assured, and then he had to say: "But... I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the answer I want."

Megapanos pondered for a while, and said, "Power cannot stop people from seeking a spiritual paradise."

Altaba Masistios knew what he was talking about, and Megapanos still performed religious rituals.

The people from Persian Sassanid have their own garrison in the Pingman Colonel’s Department, because it’s the garrison of the Han army, of course they can’t do any extravagant things, such as dividing a military restricted area or something, but they want to engage in sects in the garrison area. One teaching and one ceremony is not something that the Han army can easily stop.

"Let them do it." Huan Wen knew that the Persians were preparing for a religious ceremony, and said, "There is no need to restrain our people, everything will take its course."

In fact, the Persians had already invited high-ranking Han Chinese, including Huan Wen, to attend, but Huan Wen himself would never go, and wanted to see who would go.

The Persians made the scene very big, half of the entire resident area was decorated, a large open space was cleared, high platforms were built in some areas, Persian carpets were laid on the sides of the high platforms, and viewing tables were built one by one. Shed for viewing ceremony.

Wherever the Pingman Captain's Department allows Persians to move around, there are almost all Persians spreading the news. The sayings may be different, but the purpose is the same, and they are all to attract Han people to go.

"All tricks and tricks!" Yuan Qiao really felt that the Persians were too good at making troubles, shaking his head and said slowly: "Meiji, food, gifts...there are all kinds of surprises, and they have paid a lot of money."

Huan Wen laughed and said, "The methods of every religion are similar."

"They are more explicit." Yuan Qiao said strangely: "Our religion, at least, avoids women. But they have some saints, and they preach that someone may be favored by the saints and spend a spring night with them."

Yuan Qiao wasn't talking nonsense. Although she didn't know what was going on with Zoroaster, the Persians used to ask the saint to sleep with them in order to attract the Han people.

"Why does it sound similar to Ah San's religion?" Huan Wen was talking about the Hindu religion, and he didn't know what expression to use, so he said blankly: "Ah San's religion has a bit of a saintly woman." It’s a lot, and you can sleep wherever you want for a little money. Is the religion of the Persians like that?”

In other words, it’s not the same thing at all!Asan's saint is actually a temple prostitute, a prostitute with religious overtones. They don't publicize how pure or noble their saint is. They have long made it clear to the world that the saint is What are you doing.

"By the way..." Huan Wen thought of something and asked, "Do those 72 people who are always virgins have anything to do with the Persians?"

Yuan Qiao was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what Liu Yan had said, so he wondered how could a woman be a virgin forever? ? ?

(End of this chapter)