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How China becomes Chinazi (II)
My memories and reflection of what I learnt during Chinese History lessons in secondary school
Last time I talked about the Chinese history from the beginning of civilisation to the north-south divide. You may take a look here.
So now I’m going to take you through the Chinese history I learnt in Secondary 2.
Chinese History from My Memory (Continued)
Disclaimer: Again, the following comes from my memory only. They may be wrong.The Empire, Long Divided, Must Unite
As the Romance of the Three Kingdoms opens, “The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.” (「話說天下大勢，分久必合，合久必分。」) The country united again after that long period of division.
This time, the minister’s family from one of the northern states rebelled their emperor and took over their own state. He conquered the other states and reunited China. This started the Sui (隋) dynasty.
Sadly, Sui dynasty was short-lived. The second emperor of Sui spent too much on building the Grand Canal (大運河), which led to poor…
