Imperialism In Ancient China

Nationalism is the concept for ancient China throughout the whole history that although there are many different dynasties from time to time, this nation has never changed since all Chinese got their yellow skin and black eyes. Starting from Xia dynasty, the territory of china expanded and integrated together as the time goes by. The old words saying: “ world's trend unified after longtime division, and divides after longtime union.” After the spring and autumn, and warrior stating period, China received his first unification—Qin dynasty. The Qin emperor, was later called Qin shi huang, centralized the measurement, writing, even the culture and military. The centralization of authority is a typical political tool to control the China. The centralization of authority is not only in Qin dynasty but it’s the main govern tool throughout the Chinese history.

Burning the books and buried the scholars is also under the same concept of unification but it totally destroyed the contention of a hundred schools of thought from spring and autumn period, which is the precious historical material for researching Chinese cultural thought. On the opposite, the author of Shiji, Simaqian, recorded all the history from Xia dynasty to Han dynasty, which is one example of nationalism because he was the official historian in Han dynasty but he recorded all history for Chinese nationality no matter what period it is. For instance, when Mongolia and Manchu occupied China, they also learned Chinese culture and was assimilated by Han nationality. Eventually, all of them became a part of China. Therefore, nationalism is the foundation of our country to keep on going through the history and save the best appearance