o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 1 我一贯词不达意，所以以下半天都没有说到点子上。
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/CivilSociety/3875.html
民族自豪感指数（Ethnic Identification Index) = Positively Correlated
Function of Past cumulative CNS index (CNSIpa), Recent Past CNS index (
CNSIrp), Predicted Future CNS index(CNSIf), Current Self-Defense Capacity(
CSDC)
Chinese Ethnic Identification Index has strong CNSIpa and weak CNSIrp
. CNSIf and CSDC are the factors we could control.
CSDC for Chinese Americans are a very different number from CSDC in mainland
China or in Taiwan. Theodore Roosevelt once proposed: "speak softly and
carry a big stick". The big stick is essentially CSDC.
------------------------------------
Looking back to 3000 years of Chinese History, There are 3 big period.
1. The first period was before Qin dynasty: it was the golden period.
CNSIpa and CNSIrp and CSDC were all very high. Many of the pre-Qin dynasty
city states had good human rights records and lively cultures as well as
high self-defense capacities at various time. Nomads had very little
chance of penetrating the self-defenses of various city states. Various
rulers, notably in Jin, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Qi, Lu contributed positively to
diplomatic, military and human rights advances impressive considering its
time. Though there was no democrasy, there was a great deal of "voting by
feet" going on. Arts and scholarship flourished and enjoyed free flow
through many of the city states. The resulting cross-fertilization of
ideas and cultures built the foundation of Chinese culture for the next 2000
+ years.
CSDC = strong; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = strong; Human rights record = good-
evolving;
--------------------------------------------
2. The second period was after Qin dynasty and until the end of Song dynasty
. There were many unified dynasties and intermittent nonunified states.
Most unified Chinese dynasties had to engineer a trade-off between
centralization and local control, and a trade-off between military power and
civilian governance. Centralization of either military or civilian branch
of Chinese government did not simply increase the ability of self-defense.
It had two effects that combined to reduce the Chinese capacity for self-
defense. Firstly it tended to reduce the incentive for localized self-
defense forces; Secondly created single points of failure and make the
Chinese dynasties vulnerable to repeated nomad invasions from the North/West
; thirdly, decentralization of military command resulted in unstable
centralized civilian government.
Particularly interesting trade-offs happened for the
3 most stable dynasties that contributed most to the concept of unified
Chinese culture.
Han: This was the ground-breaking experiment in centralization. It
succeeded Qin dynasty in many ways but are more mellow in its policies and
hence more stable. Centralization > Local, Civilian > Military. CSDC =
medium; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium; Human rights record = medium;
Tang: This was the experiment in decentralization. Tang dynasty allowed a
lot more decentralization compared to Han dynasty. Centralization ~ Local,
Civilian ~ Military. CSDC = medium; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium-good; Human
rights record = good;
Song: This was the experiment in human rights at the expense of military
self-defense. Centralization > Local, Civilian >> Military. CSDC = weak;
CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium-good; Human rights record = great
----------------------------------
The 3rd period is after the end of Song dynasty. It was the period that
spans 1000 years. 乏善可陈。
CSDC = weak; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = weak; Human rights record = abysmal;
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/CivilSociety/3875.html | o**********e
发帖数: 18403 | 2 Looking back to 3000 years of Chinese History, There are 3 big period.
1. The first period was before Qin dynasty: it was the golden period.
CNSIpa and CNSIrp and CSDC were all very high. Many of the pre-Qin dynasty
city states had good human rights records and lively cultures as well as
high self-defense capacities at various time. Nomads had very little
chance of penetrating the self-defenses of various city states. Various
rulers, notably in Jin, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Qi, Lu contributed positively to
diplomatic, military and human rights advances impressive considering its
time. Though there was no democrasy, there was a great deal of "voting by
feet" going on. Arts and scholarship flourished and enjoyed free flow
through many of the city states. The resulting cross-fertilization of
ideas and cultures built the foundation of Chinese culture for the next 2000
+ years.
--------------------------------------------
2. The second period was after Qin dynasty and until the end of Song dynasty
. There were many unified dynasties and intermittent nonunified states.
Most unified Chinese dynasties had to engineer a trade-off between
centralization and local control, and a trade-off between military power and
civilian governance. Particularly interesting trade-offs happened for the
3 most stable dynasties that contributed most to
the concept of unified Chinese culture.
Han: This was the ground-breaking experiment in centralization. It
succeeded Qin dynasty in many ways but are more mellow in its policies and
hence more stable. Centralization > Local, Civilian > Military. CSDC =
medium; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium; Human rights record = medium;
Tang: This was the experiment in decentralization. Tang dynasty allowed a
lot more decentralization compared to Han dynasty. Centralization ~ Local,
Civilian ~ Military. CSDC = medium; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium-good; Human
rights record = good;
Song: This was the experiment in human rights at the expense of military
self-defense. Centralization > Local, Civilian >> Military. CSDC = weak;
CNSIpa and CNSIrp = medium-good; Human rights record = great
----------------------------------
The 3rd period is after the end of Song dynasty. It was the period that
spans 1000 years. 乏善可陈。
CSDC = weak; CNSIpa and CNSIrp = weak; Human rights record = abysmal;
http://www.mitbbs.com/article_t/CivilSociety/3875.html |
|
