04-23-2004, 11:43 AM
Hi
Try a quick look at this link:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
It gives a quick summary of what went on in China just prior to the European expansion, and will provide some key words for further searching.
I suspect that consolidation preoccupied them for some time. Also, I suspect that the cultural aftermath of being occupied for so long by foreigners who could not even speak their language may have had some bearing on how they greeted the Europeans.
Try a quick look at this link:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM
It gives a quick summary of what went on in China just prior to the European expansion, and will provide some key words for further searching.
I suspect that consolidation preoccupied them for some time. Also, I suspect that the cultural aftermath of being occupied for so long by foreigners who could not even speak their language may have had some bearing on how they greeted the Europeans.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake