Why didn t there be a movement like the Renaissance in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty?

The Chinese Renaissance came later.

The New Culture Movement of 1915 can be seen as a review of Chinese literature and art.

The Ming Dynasty was not ripe.

The degree of economic development is insufficient.

Italy was on the east-west line at that time, monopolizing the ** between Arabia and Western Europe. Since ancient times, China has been heavy on agriculture over commerce, and farmers account for 99 percent of China's total population, and the dominant economy is a self-sufficient natural economy. Although China also has a commodity economy and the germ of capitalism, it is not as good as Italy.

There is also cultural tradition and feudal oppression, and so on.

Because it's multifaceted.

1.The country was in civil strife, and most of the revolts were peasants with a low level of education.

2.The laws of the Ming Dynasty were extremely strict, and there were many secret agents in Jinyiwei and East and West Factories. Everyone defends themselves.

3.Feudal ideology is heavy, cultural people are loyal to the monarch, and no matter how wrong the emperor is, he can only persuade and help.

4.There is a lack of Sun Yat-sen-like leaders.

If Europe had been a centralized and wealthy feudal country at that time, I don't think they would have had a Renaissance.

China's feudal power was too strong.

Didn't the war change the dynasty later, and the original sprout was stifled.

(1) The Renaissance in Europe has similarities with the ancient Ming culture, especially the late Ming culture, but there are also differences, the Renaissance is the bourgeois heart culture, but in the Ming Dynasty in China, although there are new ideas and new culture, but there is no new class on the stage of history, it is still the culture of the old era.

2) The Ming Dynasty in China had trends of thought such as Xinxue, but there were similarities with the Western Renaissance, but they were still changed under the old pattern, still based on feudal dross such as Zhongjun, and did not rise to the perspective of the spokesperson of the new productive forces and new classes.

Wasn't the Ming Dynasty an ideological enlightenment? Critical Science.

The Ming Dynasty was a unique period in Chinese history, with important changes and breakthroughs in politics, economy, and culture. Similarly, the Renaissance was one of the most important periods in Western history, marking the revival of culture and art. The backgrounds and developments of the two periods are similar, but they also have differences.

This article will discuss the similarities and differences between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Renaissance in China, as well as their influence on later generations.

Political system In terms of political system, the Ming Dynasty of China implemented a centralized system, with the monarch as the highest ruler. In addition, the Ming Dynasty court formulated a series of strict selection systems to ensure the quality and integrity of the people. In contrast, the political system of the Western Renaissance was dominated by many small states that were self-governing and each city had its own ruler.

Moreover, the political system of the Western Renaissance also saw the germ of capitalism, which was very different from the feudal system of the Ming Dynasty in China.

Economic Development In terms of economy, commerce and handicrafts in the Ming Dynasty of China were developed, and at the same time, the numismatic economy flourished, and various transactions and ** activities were also carried out frequently. Although the feudal economic structure of the Ming Dynasty in China limited the development of the commodity economy in some ways, it was still a very prosperous era. At the same time, during the Western Renaissance, there was an incredible commercial boom in Europe, which bears a lot of parallels to the commercial and economic boom of the Ming Dynasty in China.

Culture and art In terms of culture and art, the Ming Dynasty in China was a very important period, which marked the prosperity of culture and the peak of art. In terms of traditional culture, literature, historiography, poetry and calligraphy in the Ming Dynasty have all had important developments and achievements. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also saw the emergence of a number of top artists and craftsmen, whose works had a very far-reaching impact in later generations.

At the same time, a number of innovative painters, sculptors, and architects emerged during the Western Renaissance. Similar to the Ming Dynasty in China, they also achieved milestone achievements in art and culture.

Influencing future generations The Ming Dynasty in China and the Western Renaissance, as two cultural and historical peaks, had a profound impact on future generations. For China, the Ming Dynasty marked the heyday of Chinese art and culture, and these achievements are still being passed down and carried forward in the cultural creation and art of future generations. For the West, the Renaissance marked a resurgence of art and culture, which changed the previous culture and art patterns and shaped the form of contemporary European culture and art.

Conclusion Although the Ming Dynasty in China and the Renaissance in the West differed culturally, economically, and politically, both periods were the peak of culture and art and had a profound impact on future generations. Not only did they represent a breakthrough in culture, art and politics at the time, but they also provided us with an in-depth understanding of history and a wealth of inspiration for our cultural, artistic and economic development.

If it weren't for the great unification, there would have been a Renaissance during the Warring States period.

Long-term feudal rule, etc., from the historical, political, economic and other aspects of the analysis.

The emergence of the European Renaissance was a kind of cultural revival under the background of the emergence of the germination of capitalism in Europe and the rapid development of the commercial economy, and the current situation in ancient China was not conducive to the development of the budding capitalism, so China did not produce the kind of renaissance of great emancipation. We can think that the Renaissance in Europe benefited from the special historical conditions of Europe, and the reason why it finally appeared in the Renaissance was due to the special historical reasons of Europe.

And the formation of this special historical reason is that it is simply impossible to achieve it without the accumulation of several generations. The European Renaissance was born in the context of the rapid development of European commercialism, and it can be said that because the European countries were small and scattered, the European economy focused on the development of commerce and industry. If Europe had left the development of industry and commerce, then the development of literature and art would not have developed at all, so in the history of Europe, merchants occupied a very dominant position, which also brought economic prosperity and the integration of various cultures, and also produced new technological innovations.

At the same time, it is precisely because people have money that they will engage in literature and art, and if they don't have money, they can't engage in literature and art at all. Compared with European merchants, Chinese merchants have been a despised profession since ancient times, so it is difficult for China to develop a Renaissance.

Moreover, at that time, the power of religion in Europe was too great, so under the oppression of religion, people wanted to write new ideas, and there was no unified centralized state in Europe, so it formed an era of ideological explosion like the Renaissance. It can be said that the Renaissance, just like the ideological explosion of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, was born under the integration of different cultures.

Read my article in detail to understand why China has provided capitalism with all its inventions, but cannot enter the capitalist era itself. Because in order to be able to provide these inventions, China has a heavy historical burden, the largest Chinese population, but lack the labor force to develop industry, commerce and navigation, and China's most advanced agriculture lacks food to feed those engaged in industry, commerce and navigation.

After liberation, China embarked on the socialist road, which provided the possibility for the development of China's industry and science and technology. However, even as at the beginning, in 1954, after a series of bumper agricultural harvests, China still lacked enough grain, and the rural areas levied an extra 2% of the grain, and talked about grain for every household in the rural areas. In the era of the Great Leap Forward in the large-scale construction of the industrial system, although the industrial system was built, it absorbed 22 million laborers in the rural areas, accounting for less than one-tenth of agricultural labor, and agriculture could not bear it.

Eventually, 20 million people returned to the countryside.

At that time, there was actually such a Renaissance movement, but it was not successful, and the Renaissance movement was to overthrow the political policies and strategies of the time, and it was indeed a difficult thing to overthrow in the society at that time.

The essence of the Renaissance movement was the rise of bourgeois culture.

A certain productive force determines a certain production relationship, and a certain economic base determines a certain superstructure. A certain culture is determined by a certain economy and politics, and culture is a reflection of the economy and politics.

The rise of the capitalist mode of production in the West has determined the culture and ideology of capitalism.

At the same time, China was in a feudal society, and the power at this time was highly concentrated in the ** group, and the ** group was the emperor alone, and the emperor alone held the power of life and death for everyone. At the same time, Europe began to open up its ideology and culture.

Is there really no Renaissance in China? Of course, it did, but it didn't "get up". Since ancient times, Chinese dynasties have governed the world with Confucianism and advocated royal power. So this situation did not change until the Italian missionaries came to China.

The Tang and Song dynasties were also quite open to the environment, similar to the Renaissance, and it was also a prosperous cultural era at that time.

Historical factors are also related to regional culture! Going in a completely different direction.

Because of China's morality, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone.

Dominated by the small-scale peasant economy, the people's survival is stable

Because China was not developed at that time, it was very lacking.

Why didn't foreigners eat zongzi in ancient times?

1) The Renaissance and ancient Ming culture in Europe, especially the late Ming Dynasty.

There are similarities in culture, but there are also differences, the Renaissance was bourgeois.

But in China's Yinshu Ming Dynasty, although there was a new Feng Yuanfeng thought and a new culture, there was no new class on the stage of history, and it was still the culture of the old era.

2) The Ming Dynasty of China had such currents of thought as Xinxue, but with the Western Renaissance.

There are similarities, but they are still changes under the old pattern, still based on feudal dregs such as loyalty to the monarch, and have not risen to the perspective of the spokesperson of the new productive forces and the new class.

It is difficult for Chinese civilization to enter modern society on a large scale without the influence of the West. Because there are not enough resources and not enough civilization endowments. If it does not enter the modern society, it will inevitably fall into the Malthusian cycle, and China will definitely change dynasties over and over again.

At most, sometimes it's an internal rebellion, and sometimes it's an external invasion. China really got rid of Malthus by the introduction of Western fertilizer production lines, and since then its industrial capacity has exceeded the limits of land production. The Catholic Church monopolized all intellectual education, ruled people's minds with feudal theology, suppressed scientific research, and culture fell into a low ebb.

The new bourgeoisie, in order to develop capitalism and pursue the pleasures of life, demanded a struggle against the Church in the ideological sphere. 14 In the sixteenth century, a new wave of bourgeois culture first broke out in Italy. With the help of the classical culture of ancient Greece and Rome, many intellectuals attacked the shackles of the church from all sides and established a bourgeois humanist world view.

What was considered a "Renaissance" at the time was actually the rise of bourgeois culture. In the 14th century, with the development of the factory handicraft industry and the commodity economy, capitalist relations were gradually formed within the European feudal system; Politically, feudal secession had aroused widespread discontent, national consciousness had begun to awaken, and the masses of European countries had expressed a strong desire for national unity. As a result, a new period of culture and art began to reflect the interests and demands of the emerging capitalist forces.

The new bourgeoisie saw medieval culture as a regression, while the classical culture of Greece and Rome was a model of bright development, and they sought to revive classical culture – and the so-called "revival" was in fact an unprecedented emancipation and creation of knowledge and spirit.

The most fundamental reason is that in the 18th century, the production of factory handicrafts in Britain could no longer meet the needs of the market, which put forward the requirements for technological reform of the factory handicraft industry. Under this trend, the Industrial Revolution first developed in Britain. The main reason for the political premise:

The growing rule of the bourgeoisie in England; Through the enclosure movement, Britain generated and gathered a large number of laborers, and at the same time expanded the British domestic market; Years of overseas ** and colonial expansion have accumulated original capital for Britain, providing a vast raw material and overseas markets; the experience accumulated in the manual labor of the factory and the progress of production technology; With the increase of market demand, manual production in the factory can no longer meet the demand. The Qing rulers' desire to maintain totalitarian rule was the fundamental reason for "closing the country to the outside world" [13] . Safeguard the local economy from the influence of external forces.

During the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, it was economically self-sufficient, did not rely on it, and at the same time resisted foreign goods. From the perspective of national defense and security, it is necessary to prevent the alliance of Chinese and foreign anti-Qing forces and the infiltration of Western colonial forces, so as to prevent spies from stealing domestic materials. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty was too blind and arrogant about its own economic and political power.

To enter the era of civilization, it is necessary to have sufficient resources, and this resource can hardly be said to be gathered in one place, and it needs to be obtained through exchanges between various places. If there are no resources, or if the resources are insufficient, or if it is inconvenient to communicate with foreign countries, civilization will be stuck in this shortcoming. The degree of development of China's civilization in ancient times may be the highest level of development obtained by various survival resources in the activity space of ancient China, which can no longer be improved.

And to improve, we must break through the activity space and obtain new resources. This has been done in ancient China, for example, Zhang Qian brought back the plants of the Western Regions, only then did he have grape pomegranates, and brought back stainless steel, so that the ** and bows and arrows of the Han Dynasty could progress. Later, the Champa rice and the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the Americas were all the same truth.

Without potatoes, China's grain production would be so much that it would not have grown to 400 million people. If you don't have these, China's civilization will be trapped in that circle, and no matter how you grow your inherent millet rice, grain production will not go up.