Why did most Chinese dynasties last less than 300 years, while the Zhou dynasty lasted 800 years?

The difference between the Zhou Dynasty and other dynasties is the difference in the system, especially in terms of centralization. The Zhou Dynasty practiced a feudal system. Many people believe that the sub-feudal system originated in the Shang Dynasty, but there is no reliable evidence for when it originated.

However, it was really implemented on a large scale after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. Because of this system, the Zhou Dynasty was able to continue for more than 800 years.

In ancient times, people were more disciplined and fearful of God, they believed that the Son of Heaven was the Son of Heaven, and they did not have the destiny of the Son of Heaven, so they could only work well for the Son of Heaven. To put it bluntly, servility is at work. Therefore, in the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, those princes and kings respected the Son of Heaven very much, and no one dared to challenge the authority of the Son of Heaven.

However, in the later period of the Zhou Dynasty, those princes and kings stiffened their wings and did not take the Son of Heaven seriously. Therefore, in the later period, at the beginning, the vassal states often fought for various trivial things, and later it became all kinds of land grabbing. Until Qin Shi Huang annexed all the vassal states and established a dynasty himself.

Mainly because of the rulers, the rulers of every dynasty in China are not very good, and they are addicted to all kinds of beauty every day, and they never take their own dynasty seriously, and the monarch of the Zhou Dynasty is very democratic and very good at managing the people.

Everyone also knows that the Zhou Dynasty pursued a feudal system, which means that you only need to report to me regularly, and I don't care how you want to make trouble in your country at other times, as long as you still have me as the emperor in your heart, the power of the vassal states at that time will still be relatively large, so everyone thinks that this is also very good, and at that time people did not change like this, but when the dynasty is later, you will find that the emperor in order to consolidate his position, even did not hesitate to divide his younger brothers to remote places, or just keep them in captivity by his side, those younger brothers have no real power at all, which leads to why there are always people who rebel.

A big reason why the later dynasties ended faster than the other was because the power was too centralized, and all the power was concentrated in the hands of one person, resulting in a monopoly. In the Zhou Dynasty, when the Son of Heaven was in trouble, the princes would still help, after all, the world belonged to the Son of Heaven, but it was also theirs.

Zhou Youshen's support is different.

1. The Zhou Dynasty did not have 800 years, only 791 years at most. The Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC – 256 BC) was the third dynasty in Chinese history after the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty had a total of 32 generations of monarchs and 37 kings, and enjoyed the country for a total of 791 years.

2. The Zhou Dynasty was able to continue the national fortune for 800 years, which came from the backward productive forces, the supremacy of morality and the feudal system. During the Zhou Dynasty, the highest productivity of Lingna Ridge was basically concentrated in the Zhou Dynasty, and even the vassal states did not have it. **, the princes, the people, the productivity contrast between the three is equivalent to the current American, Chinese, African primitive tribes.

Productivity is most directly reflected in the manufacture of bronzes. ** Mastered the most exquisite bronze manufacturing techniques, and elevated such craftsmanship to the level of divine acceptance. When the various vassal states paid tribute or made significant contributions, it was most important to reward fine bronzes with repentance.

The concentration of production and manufacturing processes is an important reason for the longevity of the Zhou Dynasty.

The little Zhou Dynasty? The Zhou Dynasty had a total of 124 countries, did the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have one? I don't even understand this.

The first can be called "institutional collapse", when people within the system rebel or clash with each other and lead to the destruction of the state. For example, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty was a dog and horse, and the entire ruling system was incapacitated, and finally usurped power by the Wang family. Divided into this category, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, Sui, Tang.

The second type can be called "the end of life", when the dynasty lasts for a certain period of time, and the people are in turmoil and the army is running in all directions. Although the state system itself was not fatally flawed, in the end it was exhausted by prolonged repression, and the country collapsed. In contrast to the collapse of the system, the main perpetrators of the end-of-life model are those outside the system.

The Ming Dynasty basically followed this model (if it weren't for the civil unrest that consumed the Ming Dynasty's national strength and army, the Manchus would have little hope).

The third type can be called "foreign invasion", which was destroyed by bad luck. This is basically the Southern Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Yuan Dynasty has a bit of a synthesis of the first and second types, but I think it can basically be attributed to the fact that its system is too poor. The reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty are too special to be explained here.

So, in fact, it can be seen that the main reason for the demise of China's major dynasties, overwhelmingly, is the collapse of the system itself. The people in the system stand up to seek power and usurp the throne, or the national strength is weakened due to the armed conflict of the system personnel, and finally perished.

There are many views on this, and individuals tend to contradict land annexation with the needs of the common people for land.

Since the Qin Dynasty, a dynasty has been established, and the landlord class will inevitably carry out large-scale land annexation. When land annexation reached its peak, the people at the bottom naturally lost their land and became hired farmers or even displaced people. The state lacks taxes, and the national strength naturally declines.

At this time, the change of dynasty is a new round of land distribution. This was followed by a new round of land annexation.

In a word, you will understand that if you are together for a long time, you will be divided for a long time.