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https://www.readingthechinadream.com/yao-yang-my-view-of-revolutionary-history.html https://www.readingthechinadream.com/yao-yang-my-view-of-rev... Author, a C

https://www.readingthechinadream.com/yao-yang-my-view-of-revolutionary-history.html https://www.readingthechinadream.com/yao-yang-my-view-of-rev... Author, a Chinese, argues (as an aside in that article) that a conservative response and embrace of rigid confucianism in late Song dynasty to invaders from north, in contrast to the earlier Northern Song's dynamic and progressive mode, stopped China from kicking off the industrial revolution.

eternalban 4y ago
Should add a p.s. here: The Song assumed the source of their troubles was 'Heaven'. They assumed they had displeased heaven and decided the solution was religious in nature. One reason I posted this was because just the other day I saw this article ("Is God punishing the United States of America?"): https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-715454 https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-715454 "It is a challenge for me to believe that the series of “plagues” that have befallen the United States of America of late are not part of some heavenly master plan." Oh dear. Let's hope America does not make the same mistake as Song dynasty. It took China a 1000 years to recover from that error.