China is an inseparable part of the world. When traffic is underdeveloped and knowledge is insufficient, all civilizations are like an island, and all these civilizations constitute the world. However, the size and degree of civilization are different. In a certain historical period, influential civilizations exchanged and influenced each other to form the world.
China is one of the ancient civilizations with a high degree of civilization and great influence. It has long been the center of world culture.
Ancient Indian civilization, ancient Egyptian civilization and ancient Babylonian civilization have disappeared one after another, but at the other end of the world, Europe and Africa still have a civilized force. On other continents, American civilization is extremely backward, and it is not civilized enough in sub-Saharan Africa. Oceania and Antarctica are sparsely populated. So the so-called world, that is, Asia, Europe, Eurasia and North Africa, constituted the world at that time.
The earliest communication between civilizations was in the Han Dynasty when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions. In order to destroy the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent people to the Western Regions, intending to attack from both sides. Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions to strengthen exchanges with China, the West and even the Western Regions.
In the process of communication, Zhang Qian found that Shu brocade appeared in the local area, indicating that there had been a lot of communication among the people before Zhang Qian. This is the beginning of communication between China and the West. It was only after Zhang Qian that the Silk Road was opened.
Although the Silk Road was isolated by the desert, it never stopped.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism from South Asia was introduced into China, which was also the mutual influence of civilizations.
During the Han and Tang Dynasties, China was the center of the world. It was more than 300 years after Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that others wanted to contact us that they entered Sui and Tang Dynasties. At this time, China is the center of the world, and all countries come to Korea. Westerners with big noses and blue eyes have everything. We didn't go out, someone else came in. This is also the way to connect with the world.
The foreigners who came in not only took away many things from us, but also brought many things, the most typical of which are many musical instruments, such as pipa and huqin.
At this time, there are not only the Silk Road, but also the ancient tea-horse road, and maritime trade has also flourished. These are all processes of connecting with the world.
It was only at that time that our civilization was more advanced and its influence was lower. It is a realistic problem that water flows downwards.
The rise of western civilization has opened an era for us to learn from the west, which is 5/600 years. Their scientific understanding has promoted the development of production and civilization. By the end of Ming dynasty, it showed a strong development momentum. Even at this time, they only have their own advantages, but by the Qianlong period, the development of the western region was obviously higher than ours. In the next few decades, the large-scale production of western machines made them enter industrial civilization, while we were still in agricultural civilization.
Everyone knows what happened later, and the century-old shame began.