Many times, for us, these words may be just a very vague concept of time and space.
Here, we try to sort out what it represents, such as ancient times, ancient times, ancient times and so on.
In historical records? In the biography of Qin Shihuang, Qin Shihuang once said: I heard that ancient times have their names, but ancient times have their names. When you die, you die because of your actions. ?
Han Feizi once said in his own works:? Near ancient times. ?
It can be seen that at least in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the division of Archean, Medieval and Paleogene times already existed.
At present, through the efforts of many scholars, it is basically determined that posthumous title began in the Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, the ancient times mentioned by Qin Shihuang should be the era before the Zhou Dynasty, and the Middle Ages began from the Zhou Dynasty.
Han Fei lived in the late Warring States period, so the recent past he said should be the Spring and Autumn Period after the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Similar to what we call modern. And Han Fei lived in the Warring States period for Han Fei? Modern? .
Obviously, the definitions of these historical periods will change over time. Therefore, our modern definition of antiquity is naturally different from that of Han Fei and Qin Shihuang.
Ancient times, according to the definition of modern historians, were related to the emergence of human civilization, generally referring to the historical era before written records appeared.
Because the appearance of characters is the defining point of ancient times, the ancient times of each country are different.
China's ancient times, according to the above standards, were the summer before Oracle Bone Inscriptions appeared and the years before.
And modern domestic historians like to divide the line with Qin Wei, collectively known as the history before Qin? Ancient history? . After that, it will be subdivided. Is it called the era of doubtful history before the summer? Ancient times? .
Generally speaking, before the Qin Dynasty, China was ancient; If subdivided, China's ancient times were Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, while the ancient times were before Xia Dynasty.
So we usually refer to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, including Yan Di and Huangdi, as ancient emperors, which is no problem. Of course, there is nothing wrong with painting them to the ancient emperors in more detail.
The Middle Ages generally refer to the Middle Ages in world history, that is, the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476) and the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (1453).
Modern historians in China usually refer to the four dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing as? Near ancient times? Time magazine. On this basis, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period from the Qin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty belonged to China? Medieval? Time magazine.
According to the above definition, what did Qin Shihuang say? Swire? Actually, that's what we're talking about now? Ancient times? , but the corresponding historical period has changed.
However, it should be noted that the modern scientific community has a new definition of archaea, which belongs to the concept of geological age.
Here is a brief introduction.
Archean, also known as Archean and Archean, began 4 billion years ago and ended 2.5 billion years ago. During this period, the rocks of the earth began to stabilize, the chaotic gas began to transform from methane to oxygen-enriched atmosphere, and life was gestating.
According to the myth of creation, this period is the period when mountains and rivers formed.
There were hermits before Archean, also called hermits and hermits, which began 4.6 billion years ago and was the formation period of the earth.
Compared with human history, it is the period when chaos first appeared in the myth of creation.
The Ming dynasty was before Archean, so it was also called pre-Archean and pre-Archean.
Archean was followed by Proterozoic, also called Proterozoic and Proterozoic, which began 2.5 billion years ago and ended 54.438+0 billion years ago. During this period, the oxygen in the atmosphere gradually increased, and primitive creatures began to appear.
According to the myth of creation, this period is the age of insects. Mostly fungi, algae, and very primitive ancient microorganisms. At the end, worms of coelenterates, annelids and arthropods began to appear in large numbers.
After Proterozoic, it was epiphyte, also known as epiphyte and Phanerozoic. During this period, animals and plants began to explode in large numbers. Until now, it still belongs to the Phanerozoic era.
According to the myths and legends of creation, this period is an era of creating trees, birds and beasts, and making people.
If we compare the historical age of human civilization, in fact, the so-called ancient, ancient, medieval and modern times are only a very small time period corresponding to the Phanerozoic in the geological age.
If we look at the earth vertically and the universe horizontally, the history of human development and the achievements made by human beings at present are just moments, which are simply insignificant achievements.
If we change our thinking, the hardships experienced in the formation of the universe and the earth, the hardships experienced by us humans and everyone in our lives, are simply not worth mentioning.