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Text 1030. Western Civilization (1)

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    "Mr. Caesar, you are considered a famous family in the Roman Empire, and you actually came to do business with us?" Jing Wen asked in surprise.  7¡Ñx.c Jing Wen asked Cheng Lin to introduce the foreign businessman who came to deliver the Western book, but he did not expect that this foreign businessman was actually named Caesar.  Later, Jing Wen remembered that Caesar was a surname, which was the family surname of Emperor Caesar back then.  However, Jing Wen knew that in those days, Emperor Caesar actually "cut off his descendants", so people with the surname Caesar now actually have no blood ancestors who were not Caesar.  But of course Jing Wen knew the status of the surname Caesar in the Roman Empire.  "Do you know our Roman Empire? Do you also know the surname Caesar?" said the Caesar.  Jing Wen said with certainty: "Of course, I know Caesar. Caesar was the great emperor of the ancient Roman Empire, and his adopted son Octavian defeated Antony and founded the Roman Empire. After that, the Roman Empire split into Eastern Rome and Western Rome.  But Western Rome should have perished now, right? And Eastern Rome is now also called the Byzantine Empire, and the emperors of the Roman Empire are generally called Caesar. I also know that you should have a famous saying in Rome, which is "God to God, Caesar to Caesar."  "Am I right?" That Caesar was shocked. He obviously didn't expect that Jing Wen knew so much about the Western Roman Empire. It was simply incredible.  In the current era, although there are more exchanges between the East and the West, it is the West that comes to the East on its own initiative. China is actually not too keen on going abroad.  In other words, China is generally on the side of passive acceptance, while the West can take the initiative to learn and spread its own culture.  Therefore, the West¡¯s understanding of China far exceeds China¡¯s understanding of the West at the same time.  So it is not strange for Westerners to understand Chinese history, but it is strange for China to understand Westerners.  "Sir, you are really amazing and know our place so well. But although my surname is Caesar, our Caesar family is no longer the monarch of the Roman Empire. Our Roman Empire was a principal system at the beginning, but later it became an emperor system. And now  Although it is still called the Roman Empire, the rulers have actually changed many families and many individuals. If you use Chinese terms, we have actually experienced many dynasties.  Human beings, we don¡¯t care about the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, we just uniformly believe that everyone in your land is this country, just like you don¡¯t care about the dynasty of the Roman Empire, you just know that we are the Roman Empire.  " Jing Wen certainly knows that in this era, the West rarely cares about the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties. They only need to know that this is China.  As for the Chinese, this is not the case for them. Who cares which family rules the country?  Because these have nothing to do with you.  After all, there is no relationship, and there is no direct interest exchange, so neither party cares about the dynasty change.  "Mr. Caesar, if I think the book "On Instruments" you originally gave me to my publisher is good, it should be a book by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, right?" Jing Wen asked.  "Oh? Sir, you are so knowledgeable. You even know Aristotle. Our current Rome is actually Hellenized. Although we conquered Greece, the Greeks used their civilization to conquer us, which is very sad.  !" Caesar shook his head and said.  Now Rome has actually become Hellenistic, and this may be the power of civilization.  A backward civilization may be able to conquer advanced civilization for a while, but it will eventually be assimilated by advanced civilization.  This can actually be proven by history.  The fact that Rome was Hellenized completely proves that the civilization of Greece was higher than that of Rome.  Although the Mongols and the Manchus conquered China, they were gradually Chineseized, and countless nomads invaded the Central Plains in history.  Although they can win on the battlefield for a while, the final result is that they are completely Chineseized.  So these are enough to show that the power of civilization is actually more powerful than swords and guns, and China is one of the four ancient civilizations.  The power of civilization is much more powerful than other civilizations.  "Haha, Aristotle, if I remember correctly, he should be the teacher of Alexander the Great, right? There seems to be a legend that Aristotle gave Alexander a map when Alexander the Great went on his eastern expedition.  , saying that China is a golden country, a paradise-like existence. Therefore, Alexander wanted China's prosperity, so he went on an expedition to China. But in the end, he found that there was something wrong with the map. He did not hit China, but only India.  "Jing Wen said.  And Caesar¡¯s face was a little blushing, of course he knew this legend.  Of course, it is impossible to know where this legend came from.  But when Caesar came to China, he naturally knew China's strength.  As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, China's military combat scale could be hundreds of thousands. At that time, AsiaIf Shanda really comes to attack China, it will definitely suffer a big loss.  Although the specific combat effectiveness cannot be analyzed, China is ahead in terms of numbers, and China is waiting for work. Alexander is already at the end of his strength.  On the other hand, China's military basically has the same culture and species, and can work together when facing foreign enemies with different civilizations.  There are many "Imperial Alliance Army"-like entities in Alexander's army, and they may not be able to act as one.  So if Alexander attacked China, he would definitely be humiliating himself.  "Sir, let's not talk about this! Let's talk about our books and how we should publish our Roman books. I even hope to bring all our books here so that the Chinese can read my Western books.  Civilization," Caesar said.  "Don't worry, I have an idea now. Do you want to meet our current emperor of China?" Jing Wen asked.  "Meet your emperor? This" Caesar was a little surprised.  Of course Caesar knew how difficult it was for a foreign businessman to meet the emperor.  And now that Jing Wen can actually arrange for him to meet the emperor, what should he say then?  But being able to meet the emperor of China is not necessarily a bad thing. If there is any benefit to be gained, then maybe.  After all, emperors of all dynasties have been quite generous to foreigners, and they have always known it.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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