Jiang claims China's mythology and ethnic cosmology were diluted by centuries of foreign conquest after the Han, which is why modern China lacks the narrative force for exploration and hegemony.
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Tang Dynasty
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"...in about 500 CE. What people don't understand is that the Tang Dynasty was actually a foreign dynasty. The Tang Dynasty were these nomadic..."
"So you look at the Yanaya, which we talked a great deal about, the Proto -Indo -Europeans. Most of Western mythology is derived from..."
"...So the most traumatic event in Chinese history was during the Tang Dynasty. And the Tang Dynasty was China at the height of its..."
"...idea that maybe a thousand years ago, China was this glorious Tang dynasty that was the epicenter of the world. That is a thing..."
"...You guys should know this. What comes after the Han? The Tang Dynasty, okay? So this is one thing that is misunderstood. The Han..."
"But there are many problems with the Tang Dynasty. So there's a heavy reliance on generals to fight wars, and this will eventually lead..."
"...Mongols are considered a foreign dynasty. So I mentioned that the Tang Dynasty is actually non -Chinese. But the Mongols understood themselves to be..."
"...question, and the central question is this. We know that the Tang Dynasty was really the height of Chinese power. It had about a..."
"Five emperors, at least five emperors, during the Tang Dynasty were deposed by the elite. The aristocracy got together and were through the emperor,..."
"...that it was introduced briefly in the Sui, and then the Tang Dynasty started to use it. Okay? But it was really the Song..."
"...he would lead an uprising that would overwhelm and destroy the Tang Dynasty. The thing that's important for us to remember is that he..."
"...he shows you how networks work in China. So during the Tang Dynasty, as you can see, there are centers which then moved to..."
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