TheTyper1944 t1_itvp9ir wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:29 PM Reply to A brief summary of 3,500 years of Chinese history by gimhae_pyeongya There is no unitary chinese culture its empire based culture like roman, the chinese (zhonguo/central state) identity as we know it arose with zhou dynasty so counting the kingdoms before them as ''chinese'' is like counting etruscans as roman. Permalink 2
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Reply to A brief summary of 3,500 years of Chinese history by gimhae_pyeongya
There is no unitary chinese culture its empire based culture like roman, the chinese (zhonguo/central state) identity as we know it arose with zhou dynasty so counting the kingdoms before them as ''chinese'' is like counting etruscans as roman.