Ancient Chinese History

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西楚霸王

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAnK7Ll2 ... re=related

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Boxer Revolution in China

Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" (1900)

“Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited.

Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub ... ent_id=755

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bro BHA...

i ask you ok since u subject matter expert on Chinese history..

was there really a Hua Mu Lan ?

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bro BHA...

i ask you ok since u subject matter expert on Chinese history..

was there really a Hua Mu Lan ?

haa haa not an expert...i am also trying to learn more.....

as for Hua Mu Lan there is but there's a few different biographies of her. Some said her surname is not Hua but Hua Mu hence she could be a minority in northern China. Some said she is born in northern wei while some said she is born during sui dynasty. My guess is that she's probably not a Han girl but a lady from the minority...a nomad maybe hence she could ride.

花木兰的事迹传至今，主要应归功于《木兰辞》这一方民歌的绝唱，是这篇长篇叙事诗歌颂了花木兰女扮男装替父从军的传奇故事。诗是这样写的：

唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织，不闻机杼声，惟闻女叹息。问女何所思，问女何所忆，女亦无所思，女亦无所忆。昨夜见军帖，可汗大点兵。军书十二卷，卷卷有爷名，阿爷无大儿，木兰无长兄，愿为市鞍马，从此替爷征。

东市买骏马，西市买鞍貉，南市买辔头，北市买长鞭。旦辞爷娘去，暮至黄河边。不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻黄河流水鸣溅溅。但辞黄河去，暮宿黑山头。不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻燕山胡骑鸣啾啾。

万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。朔气传金析，寒光照铁衣。将军百战死，壮士十年归。归来见天子，天子坐明堂。策勋十二转，赏赐百千强。可汗问所欲，木兰不用尚书郎。愿驰千里足，送儿还故乡。

爷娘闻女来，出郭相扶将。阿姊闻妹来，当户理红妆。小弟闻姊来，磨刀霍霍向猪羊。开我东阁门，坐我西阁床。脱我战时袍，着我旧时裳。当窗理云鬓，对镜贴花黄。

出门看伙伴，伙伴皆惊惶。同行十二年，不知木兰是女郎！

雄兔脚扑朔，雌兔眼迷离。双兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌。

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Boxer Revolution in China

Wilhelm II: "Hun Speech" (1900)

“Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub ... ent_id=755

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnNN7HHmPw4

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中国古代《南北史》中北周的奠基者宇文泰与苏绰令人震惊的一段对话


宇 文泰是北周开国的奠基者。当他模仿曹操，作北魏的丞相而“挟天子令诸侯”之时，遇到了可与诸葛亮和王猛齐名的苏绰。宇文泰向苏绰讨教治国之道，二人密谈三 日三夜。其中到底说了些什么，史籍中并无记载。而在下有幸得到一部千古不外传的秘籍，是专门讲述治国之道的书，其中就有一段就说到二人的这次谈话，现为读 者节录如下：


宇文泰问：“国何以立？”


苏绰答：“具官。”

宇文泰问：“如何具官？”


苏绰答：“用贪官，反贪官。”

宇文泰不解的问：“为什么要用贪官？”


苏绰答：“你要想叫别人为你卖命，就必须给人家好处。而你又没有那么多钱给他们，那就给他权，叫他用手中的权去搜刮民脂民膏，他不就得到好处了吗？”

宇文泰问：“贪官用我给的权得到了好处，又会给我带来什么好处？”


苏绰答：“因为他能得到好处是因为你给的权，所以，他为了保住自己的好处就必须维护你的权。那么，你的统治不就牢固了吗。你要知道皇帝人人想坐，如果没有贪官维护你的政权，那么你还怎么巩固统治？”


宇文泰恍然大悟，接着不解的问道：“既然用了贪官，为什么还要反呢？”

苏绰答：“这就是权术的精髓所在。要用贪官，就必须反贪官。只有这样才能欺骗民众，才能巩固政权。”宇文泰闻听此语大惑，兴奋不已的说：“爱卿快说说其中的奥秘。”

苏绰答：“这有两个好处：其一、天下哪有不贪的官？官不怕贪，怕的是不听你的话。以反贪官为名，消除不听你话的贪官，保留听你话的贪官。这样既可以消除异己，巩固你的权力，又可以得到人民对你的拥戴。其二、官吏只要贪，他的把柄就在你的手中。他敢背叛你，你就以贪为借口灭了他。贪官怕你灭了他，就只有乖乖听你的话。所以，‘反贪官’是你用来驾御贪 官的法宝。如果你不用贪官，你就失去了‘反贪官’这个法宝，那么你还怎么驾御官吏？如果人人皆是清官，深得人民拥戴，他不听话，你没有借口除掉他；即使硬 去除掉，也会引来民情骚动。所以必须用贪官，你才可以清理官僚队伍，使其成为清一色的拥护你的人。”

他又对宇文泰说：“还有呢？”


宇文泰瞪圆了眼问：“还有什么？”

苏绰答：“如果你用贪官而招惹民怨怎么办？”

宇文泰一惊，这却没有想到，便问：“有何妙计可除此患？”


苏绰答：“祭起反贪大旗，加大宣传力度，证明你心系黎民。让民众误认为你是好的，而不好的是那些官吏，把责任都推到这些他们的身上，千万不要让民众认为 你是任用贪官的元凶。你必须叫民众认为，你是好的。社会出现这么多问题，不是你不想搞好，而是下面的官吏不好好执行你的政策。”


宇文泰问：“那有些民怨太大的官吏怎么办？”


苏绰答：“宰了他，为民伸冤！把他搜刮的民财放进你的腰包。这样你可以不负搜刮民财之名，而得搜刮民财之惠。总之，用贪官来培植死党，除贪官来消除异己，杀贪官来收买人心，没贪财来实己腰包，这就是玩权术的艺术精髓所在。”

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A good documentary on Li Hongzhang. There were many wrong views of him. He was bounded by higher authorities hence not able to modernise China. A sad character in the mould of Zhuge Liang. In our society, as in the past and even now, politicians/people who tried to do a job is always being criticised by outsiders. Talk is cheap.

last episode - his death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMeuOYZK ... re=related

1st episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac72lv3_ ... re=related

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Chairman Mao Declassified

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeT4WVt4 ... re=related

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NHK 满洲国广播里的太平洋战争

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PDmPqy0 ... re=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIkUAHNI ... re=related

林觉民在《与妻书》中说：“吾至爱汝!即此爱汝一念，使吾勇于就死也。吾自遇汝以来，常念天下有情人都成眷属。然遍地腥云，满街狼犬，称心快意，几家能够?司马春衫，吾不能学太上之忘情也。语云：‘仁者老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。’吾充吾爱汝之心，助天下人爱其所爱，所以敢先汝而死，不顾汝也。汝体吾此心，于涕泣之余，亦以天下人为念，当亦乐牺牲吾身与汝身之福利，为天下人谋永福也。汝其勿悲……”


方声洞在《禀父绝笔》中说：“此为儿最后亲笔之禀”，“祖国之存亡在此一举，事败则中国不免于亡，四万万人皆死，不特儿一人;如事成则四万万人皆生，儿虽死亦乐也。只以大人爱儿切，故临死不敢不为禀告。但望大人以国事归心，勿伤儿之死，则幸甚矣。夫男儿在世，不能建功立业，以强祖国，使同胞享幸福，奋斗而死，亦大乐也。且为祖国而死，亦义所应尔也。儿刻已念有六岁矣，对于家庭本有应尽之责任，只以国家不能保，则身家亦不能保，即为身家计，亦不得不于死中求生也。儿今日极力驱满，尽国家之责任者，亦即所以保卫身家也。他日革命成功，我家之人，皆为中华新国民，而子孙万世亦可以长保无虞，则儿虽死亦瞑目于地下矣。唯从此以往一切家事，均不能为大人分忧，甚为抱憾。”

广东的李晚从南洋回国，过家门而不入，在攻打两广总督衙门时饮弹身亡。前一天他写下了《与家兄诀别书》，“此行成败不可知，任其事而怕死非丈夫也，余明知无济，只在实行革命宗旨，决以生命为牺牲。推倒满清，建设中华民国，事成则汉族光明，或败身殉，愿毋我念”。

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