Due to the deep richness of its cultural roots, does it make sense to expect an influence from China towards the World, via soft ways rather than by military intimidation?
@e.h.89364 жыл бұрын
Maybe, but hedging bets upon any government to not fuck people over is just... wishful thinking.
@shiwang26844 жыл бұрын
chinese tried so but got beaten hard and robbed since 1840 and im rather confused u use the word military intinidation, china doesn't export much war, but the West did a lot
@kylin31974 жыл бұрын
yea e.g. Li Ziqi, wuxia novels, kungfu films, hanfu renaissance
@reddhong66654 жыл бұрын
What about the US ... Not only Hollywood, but also military all over the world...
@ariustan4 жыл бұрын
Intimidation? Which country has the highest military budget?
It’s true that a lot of material culture from the Song Dynasty is beautiful and well crafted. But more open and tolerant and accommodating to the needs of modern humans? Give me a break. It’s important to learn about history but let’s not romanticize the past too much. So what if women can show more skin wearing tube tops and lighter jackets? Footbinding became more prevalent and more extreme during the Song Dynasty. I don’t think that would be something modern women would be able to get used to if time traveling were possible. And this was a society where impoverished people and children were still sold as slaves. Women still needed to live fearing that their husbands would go out and bring other women into the household. Female servants in the household had to fear that the man of the house might take a liking to them and take them as concubines whether they wanted to or not. One can talk about the achievements of a particular historical figure or historical period without making broad sweeping statements like this guy.
@glennyang403 жыл бұрын
Come on, the comments in the video are in the historical context. When he said Song Dynasty was rich, open etc he was comparing it with other ancient dynasties, NOT modern times. To criticize Song Dynasty from a modern perspective is just ridiculous. To compare it with other dynasties in China, or rest of the world in that era one can see some meaningful differences.