Glossary
Jiang uses the term for China's self-conception as a universe unto itself whose priority is sovereignty and self-sufficiency.
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middle kingdom
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Key Notes
Glossary
Jiang's account of China as a self-contained universe outside the ancient eschatological map.
Glossary
Jiang's shorthand for China's self-understanding as a self-contained civilizational center rather than an eager end-times actor abroad.
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Jiang invokes China as a self-protected civilizational center that experiences itself as naturally dominant within East Asia.
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Jiang clarifies that stopping pyramid construction was not the end of Egypt: the civilization continued for roughly 2,000 years, remained powerful, and later Middle and New Kingdom periods had their own glory.
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definition
He defines the Middle Kingdom impulse as concern for China's own internal stability, not an inherent desire to rule the rest of the world.
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Jiang says China is absent because, in the occultist worldview he describes, China is a self-contained middle kingdom outside the ancient universe that matters to this script.
diagnosis
Jiang says China is not interested in the Middle East in the same way because it sees itself as the Middle Kingdom and is more concerned with domestic unrest than overseas war.
model
Jiang says China's historical self-understanding as Zhongguo or the Middle Kingdom inclines it toward trade and border security more than external domination.
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Jiang says China's middle-kingdom position means most people do not feel enough pressure to transform the language or endure the burden of importing foreign concepts, unlike a trading society such as Japan.
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"...the major issue with China is that it sells itself the Middle Kingdom, you know, China, the Middle Kingdom. Yes. Which is to say..."
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"...nations have behaved in the past. So when you say the Middle Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, from a Chinese perspective, just means that we..."
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"And so rebellions against the government are very commonplace. And so your entire state apparatus is structured to ensure that local rebellions don't arise...."
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"...China is actually in its own world and it's called the middle kingdom for a reason because China is its own universe."
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"And so China does not want to get involved in this war and China doesn't want to be part of this eschatology. And it's..."
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"Yeah, that's a great question. So I don't really know much about Hinduism. I don't think it's eschatological. Right. I mean, it's like Buddhism...."
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"It's called the Middle Kingdom because it sees itself as a universe onto itself. It wants to be left alone, basically. And that's the..."
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"So you know, China, the Mandarin is Zhongguo, which means Middle Kingdom. And the idea is that China is a center of the universe...."
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"...Southeast Asia to the South. So China feels invincible. It's a middle kingdom, and it's never really developed a culture of self -reflection and..."
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"...of these resistance if you are a if you are the middle Kingdom and you don't really have to work with the rest of..."
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"...hegemon of the Western world. Okay? So this is the Old Kingdom. That's what they... The Old Kingdom focused on building the pyramids, but..."
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"...do grand strategy. China is called 中国, okay? 中国 means the middle kingdom. The idea of the middle kingdom is that we are a..."
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