How many prosperous times have there been in the history of China? How many years? The standard of prosperity? Why is China now in the initial stage of prosperity? According to written records, there were four recognized "prosperous times" in ancient China: (the rule of Kawachinoayanofumi Jing lasted about 93 years; During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, it was around 129; The rule of Yong Xuan in Ming Dynasty lasted only 32 years. The Qing, Kang and Gan dynasties flourished for 133 years, but it was controversial. Prosperous times-meet the following conditions: 1, national unity; 2. There is no foreign invasion or the foreign invasion is not serious, and the border is relatively stable; 3, social stability, economic prosperity, people live and work in peace and contentment; 4. Science, technology and culture have made great progress; 5. Political clarity. According to the above standards and the actual situation, is our country in a prosperous stage now? Prepare to discuss it later. 1. The Western Han Empire during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world at that time, and it was also a relatively strong period in the history of China. There is a saying that the Han and Tang dynasties flourished. The Han here mainly refers to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. People often compare Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with Qin Shihuang, because China's feudal autocratic centralized state was established by Qin Shihuang and consolidated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During his 54 years in office, he implemented many new measures, which brought unprecedented prosperity to the Western Han Dynasty. Because centralization has been greatly strengthened, the country's economic strength has never been stronger. In order to ensure the production and people's life in the northern border areas, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty decided to change the new peace policy towards Xiongnu since the early Han Dynasty and launched wars against Xiongnu, which were launched three times in BC 127, BC 1265438 and BC 19. These three campaigns all achieved decisive victories, dealt a fatal blow to the Xiongnu nobles, basically solved the threat of Xiongnu, and ensured the people in the frontier to live and work in peace and contentment. However, these wars consumed the wealth of the country, increased the suffering of the broad masses of people and paid a huge price. In order to unite with the Western Regions and resist the Xiongnu, he sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice to communicate with them and open up the Silk Road, which opened a new era of cultural and product exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions. It not only promotes the development of economy and production in all parts of Asia, but also promotes the connection between Europe and Asia. 2. The period from Zhenguan to Kaiyuan (AD 7 1374) is the year number of the early years of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty. During this period, the flourishing age of the Tang Dynasty reached unprecedented prosperity in all aspects, which is called the flourishing age of Kaiyuan in history. In order to strengthen national strength and increase fiscal revenue, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty first carried out economic reform. First of all, crack down on gentry and compete for land and labor; Second, reform the food stamp system, increase government revenue and reduce people's burden; Thirdly, Xuanzong attacked Buddhist forces and destroyed monks and nuns; Fourth, develop agriculture. In diplomacy, Xuanzong carried out the policy of national reconciliation, improved national relations and further unified the country. At the same time, harmonious ethnic relations in the Kaiyuan period also played a great role in promoting social stability and economic development. Thanks to a series of positive political and economic measures taken by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the hard work of the broad masses of people, the Tang Dynasty reached an extremely high level in all aspects and its national strength was unprecedented. Social prosperity has promoted a substantial increase in population. In the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, the population of the Tang Dynasty increased to more than 52.9 million. The commerce in the Tang Dynasty was also very developed. The domestic traffic extended in all directions, the cities were more prosperous, and the foreign trade was growing day by day. Persian and big food merchants came in an endless stream. Businessmen from Chang 'an, Luoyang, Guangzhou and other metropolises gathered, and businessmen from different languages came and went in different clothes, which was very lively. China's feudal society reached its heyday. 3. Since the middle period of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty has experienced a relatively prosperous situation. During the Qianlong period of Yongzheng, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty reached its peak. This period spanned over 130 years and was the heyday of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, some historians in China call the period of Kang, Yong and Gan prosperous. The prosperity of Kanggan is mainly reflected in the population growth. In the sixty-first year of Kangxi (1722), the national population exceeded 1 100 million, and in the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong (1790), it exceeded 300 million. Some people attribute this to the diligence of the Qing rulers; However, the main reason is that high-yield crops such as sweet potato and corn introduced in the late Ming Dynasty were popularized throughout the country. During this period, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty closed their doors to the outside world, which prevented the western learning from spreading to the east in the late Ming Dynasty. Daxing literary inquisition at home. Therefore, some people think that the prosperity of Kanggan has seriously hindered the development of China society and made China lag behind the West, which is not commendable. One view is that the prosperity of Kanggan was deceptive, which is a statement that some historians in China ignored history and deceived themselves. During the Kangxi period, the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar Chu signed after the war against Russia ceded territory. If it is a prosperous time, it is unthinkable to cut land. Coincidentally, the Yongzheng period, also in the heyday of Kanggan, also signed the Treaty of Chaktu. What did these three emperors do during the reign of Kang Yong? Made waves of literary inquisition tragedies, Kanggan went to Jiangnan for extravagant play several times, and since Yongzheng, he used up the people's fat to build Yuanmingyuan. At the same time, with the rapid development of western science, technology and culture, on the eve of the Opium War, the British invaders were already using guns of the Ming Dynasty, but the Qing army was still using guns of the Ming Dynasty. It's really a shame that it's so prosperous. Tang Zhen, a civilian thinker in the Kangxi period, mentioned in his book "Hidden Book" that in the fifty years since Qing Xing, agriculture, industry, cities and public affairs have become increasingly poor and empty in the four seas. He saw with his own eyes that women in Shanxi had no trousers to wear, while people in Wuzhong had more children in the north. When Mangane, the British envoy in Qianlong period, came to China, he recorded that there were many beggars on the streets of Beijing. Many people were unkempt and ragged, so he described Manchu as a giant with muddy feet. In the history of China, there were only three booms, namely, from the rule of Wenjing to the prosperity of Emperor Wudi to the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty, from the rule of Zhenguan to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of Kang Yong in the Qing Dynasty. These three prosperous times, on the one hand, established the basic connotation of China's traditional concept of prosperous times, on the other hand, failed to avoid the end of prosperity and decline, thus leaving people with endless topics and thoughts. The common features of the three prosperous periods in the history of China are quite different, but generally speaking, they have their common features in the following aspects. First, domestic troubles and foreign invasion have been eliminated, the military strength is strong, the country is unified, the territory is vast, and there are no competing forces around. At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, governors with different surnames had ulterior motives, and Xiongnu tribes frequently attacked and persecuted them. At the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains was divided and the frontier Turks invaded the territory; After the Qing dynasty entered the customs, there were worries about San Francisco, Taiwan Province, the Ministry of Justice and Russia outside. However, after several generations of unremitting efforts, the civil strife was pacified, foreign enemies were defeated or repelled, and the country was unified. In this process, the country's military strength is getting stronger and stronger. The vast territory is unique in the history of China except the Yuan Dynasty, and it is also rare in the history of the world. For a long time, no rival can pose a real threat and challenge not only in Asia, but also in the world, thus providing a guarantee for social development and economic and cultural prosperity. Second, the society is generally stable, the economy is developing, the country is rich and its national strength is ahead of the world. At the beginning of the establishment of these three dynasties, after the chaos, the population died and the economy was depressed. Rulers can draw lessons from the past, make great efforts to govern the country, promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages, and pay attention to sharing interests with the people, so that the whole society has maintained long-term stability, the economy has gradually recovered and developed, the national strength is booming, and the people are getting richer and richer. At the time of Chuanjiang River, there was too much money to teach the capital, and Taicang Suxiangyin was exposed, corrupt and inedible. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, water conservancy and agriculture in Daxing were more developed. Salt and iron official camp, financial strengthening. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the economy developed from recovery. When Xuanzong Kaiyuan was in its heyday, the poem said that there were still thousands of filial piety, with rice fat and millet white and rich public and private granaries. The coexistence of Han and Tang dynasties in history undoubtedly proved that Han and Tang dynasties were the most prosperous countries in Asia and even the world at that time. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, agriculture, handicrafts and commodity economy were very prosperous, with rich fiscal revenue, reaching the highest level in ancient China, and the economic scale and total amount ranked first in the world at that time. Until 1800 (Jiaqing five years, Qianlong died the year before), China was still the center of the world economy, and its production capacity and export capacity were beyond the reach of other parts of the world. The stability and prosperity of the country provide the foundation for the strength of military power. As a result, there has been a situation in which martial arts complement each other. Third, cultural prosperity has a great influence on the surrounding areas. On the basis of national strength and wealth, the cultures of the Three Dynasties flourished. Since the early Han Dynasty, the imperial court has vigorously advocated the collection and collation of books and documents, which revived the study of hundred schools of thought in pre-Qin Dynasty after the book burning in Qin Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, which laid the ideological foundation of the feudal society for two thousand years. The setting of imperial academy and Yuefu gave birth to magnificent historical records. The people of the Tang Dynasty absorbed hundreds of rivers, merged the past and the present, and made outstanding creations in science, literature and art. At the time of Zhenguan, the capital Chang 'an became the center of world culture and came to Korea from all directions, and the prosperity of Chinese studies was unprecedented in modern times. The magnificent Tang poetry finally achieved great success in its heyday. Kang, Gan, Sheng and Zhi, the great prosperity of culture and education, the compilation of Kangxi Dictionary, the integration of ancient and modern books and Sikuquanshu, and the prosperity of Confucian classics and historiography made the academic achievements of the Qing Dynasty surpass those of Han, Yue and Song, and set the achievements of all previous dynasties. A Dream of Red Mansions is an epic of the times. These cultural achievements have had a great influence on neighboring countries and are often regarded as models to follow. Fourth, the prosperous situation lasts for a long time. The heyday of the Han Dynasty lasted 130 years from the succession of Emperor Wendi (BC 179) to the death of Xuan Di (BC 49). The prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty lasted 1.28 years from the reign of Emperor Taizong (AD 627) to the outbreak of Anshi Rebellion (AD 755). The prosperity of Kang, Yong and Gan in the Qing Dynasty, from 1662 to 1795, lasted 133 years. To sum up, the three prosperous times in the history of China have maintained the all-round development and prosperity of the country for more than a century, and the martial arts in culture and governance complement each other, forming an unparalleled grand situation. In the history of China, there are still many periods that are relatively clear or prosperous, especially at the beginning of the dynasty renewal, which generally presents a rising and developed atmosphere, but they are not prosperous. There are two reasons: first, the duration is short, but only a few years, more than ten years or a little longer; Second, it failed to achieve overall prosperity, only achieved something in some aspects, and ultimately did not have the grandeur of the three prosperous times. ㈠