Looking back at the history of China, as long as it is in troubled times, the population has been greatly reduced. Therefore, it is the common aspiration of the people to expect the wise monarch and stable rule. Although most dynasties were benevolent and did not slaughter ordinary people, there were still six wars, which were very brutal and reduced the population of Chinese civilization on a large scale, and even almost wiped out the Han people.
The first time: the war at the end of Qin dynasty
Population before the war: 30 million
Population after the war:16.5 million.
In 205 BC, Chen Guang stepped onto the historical stage, which opened the prelude to the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty. By BC 195, ten years after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, the population was over-consumed, and it has not recovered so far. It is recorded in the history books that "the population of big cities remains 23/ 10", but remote rural areas are better. This also led to the need for "inaction" in the early Han Dynasty, because the population caused by the war decreased greatly and had to recuperate.
The second time: Wu Luanhua (AD 304 -439)
AD 282: 23.8 million
310-318:12.4 million.
AD 35 1: The population of Han nationality in North China is less than 1 10,000.
During the darkest period in China's history, the Han population was brutally slaughtered. According to some scholars' research, the Han population in China at that time was less than 4 million. If it hadn't been for the uprising of Ran Min the Great and the victory of Xie 'an's Feishui War, China might have really disappeared from history.
The third time: An Shi Rebellion (755 -763 AD)
AD 754: about 74.75 million-80.5 million.
AD 764: about 6.5438+0.69 million.
Although the Anshi Rebellion lasted for a short time, its harm was positive and serious, which brought the rapid development of the prosperous Tang Dynasty to an abrupt end and never prospered again. According to historical records, during the eight-year rebellion, the Yellow River valley was depressed and miserable, people were isolated from each other, and livestock wandered around and cried. Chang 'an and Luoyang are almost in ruins.
The fourth time: Mongols invaded south (A.D. 1234-1279).
1223: The population of the Southern Song Dynasty was about 76.8 million.
1264: The population of Southern Song Dynasty is about 35 million.
In A.D. 1223, the Mongols began to invade the south, and the whole process was extremely tragic. Where they were attacked, they were killed. Until the mid-Yuan Dynasty, many places in the south were still "in ruins, and the counties and counties reduced their waste by a few and a half minutes", which was really shocking. There are 2.59 million households in Sichuan 1223. By 1290, there were only 200,000 households, and more than one million people died10.
The fifth time: Manchu entered the customs.
1600: the population of Ming dynasty was 65438+97 million.
1644: The population of Ming Dynasty was 65438+52 million.
165 1 year: the population in the early Qing dynasty was16.03 million (male 16-60 years old, the data comes from Qing Shi Lu).
The population dispute in the Ming Dynasty was relatively big, mainly because the official history only counted the taxpayers, but did not count the black households. Later, the Qing dynasty tampered with the population data of the Ming dynasty, trying to prove that not many people died in the war. But facts speak louder than words. From the above data, we can basically know that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the death toll was around 654.38 billion.
Sixth time: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (A.D. 185 1 year-1864)
1850: 430 million
1887: 380 million
The reliable data of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is that it lost about 654.38 billion people. Whether it is Taiping Army or Qing Army, in short, the population has dropped sharply, the people are miserable, and the economic level and productivity have dropped sharply.
How do you feel after reading it? Which do you hate most about these sharp population declines?