Author: enigma
Date: 12-17-03 09:15
All the major developments of the Sinitic civilisation are from the Huaxia people. The Huaxia were among the first peoples in the world to use a written language, the first to have Bronze technology, the first to use iron and cast iron (steel), the first to have an organised state government, the first to write literature, the first to have a system of ethics that is considered noble even to this day, the first to have a monotheistic religion. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the Huaxia developed complex philosophical systems, the only major philosophical tradition outside Greece in the west. Sure, later on, the Huaxia/Sinitic bloodline became diluted with the lineages of other Asiatic peoples(and as the racial/cultural dilution continued the rate of development of the Chinese civilisation slowed down...now why is that? I certainly don't want to sound too radical), but it is the Huaxia bloodline that is significant. Sorry to sound a bit "racist" and "politically incorrect", but have you ever wondered why northeastern Asians (and southeastern Asians with Chinese bloodlines) in general have much higher IQs than native southeastern Asians(and other Asian-derived peoples such as the native Americans)? It is because of this Huaxia/Sinitic lineage. So Confucius is correct when he states that the Sinitic peoples (ÖîÏÄ£© are superior compared to other Asians.
So in a sense you are right, but keep in mind that it is this Huaxia lineage (both cultural and racial) that is significant to the Chinese people. Most of the Chinese family names can be traced back to the original tribes of Huaxia. Most of the better aspects of Chinese culture can also be traced back to the times of the Huaxia. In Confucius' time, the state of Qin was considered semi-barbarian so why base the name of the entire Sinitic race on such a semi-barbarian state? So I shall keep to my original idea that Huaxia is a better term to describe the Chinese people.
By the way, the Huaxia/Sinitic tribes were once a nomadic people from Central Asia (to the north-west of present-day People's Republic of China)that settled into the east Asian mainland much earlier than 3000 BC, according to ancient Chinese texts and traditions. In those days what we know as China now was inhabited by aboriginal peoples similar to the native Australians. These peoples had no written language or any other sophisticated culture and were gradually assimilated by the Sinitic race through inter-marriage and conquest. So yes the Chinese nation is a great mixture of many peoples, but it is the Sinitic lineage that is significant. Otherwise we'd be no different from the native southeastern Asians and native Americans.
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