Did the Chinese ever retaliate after overthrew Yuan and Qing Dyn

Q:  Did the Chinese ever retaliate after destroying the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

A:

No.

The Yuan Dynasty was corrupt, and people couldn't live without hunger, so there were many uprisings. The uprisings were very similar to other transitions of dynasties in Chinese history. Each of the uprisings had its military separation. The first Ming Dynasty emperor was one of the uprising and was occupied in fighting other military separations, all of whom were of Han ethnicity. Mongalians simply retreat to Mongalia and become irrelevant.

Four great democratic revolutions have established republics in modern times: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Russian October Revolution, and the Chinese Revolution. The American independence and establishment of a republic were not to overthrow the monarchy, but to get rid of the monarchy's rule, which was colonial rule. India's independence in 1947 was similar to the American independence, both of which were to get rid of British colonial rule. Most of the modern Western bourgeois revolutions retained the monarchy, including Japan's Meiji Restoration, which established a constitutional monarchy. That is, most bourgeois revolutions compromised with the privileged class of the feudal system: the royal family, and retained the royal family's inherent social privileges. In this way, there were only three revolutions that overthrew the monarchy and established a republic on a significant scale: the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Chinese Revolution that overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The French Revolution executed Louis XVI, and the Russian October Revolution executed Tsar Nicholas II. However, the Chinese Revolution turned the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, into a citizen of the new China, and made him a member of the CPPCC, and he worked for the new Chinese government. Puyi became the child emperor of Manchukuo in 1934. He was the emperor of the puppet regime of Japan's invasion and colonization of China, and an accomplice of Japan's invasion of China. Therefore, when the new China was established, he was a detained war criminal. Three great revolutions to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic, the fate of the three last emperors was different. The first two were executed, and the last one became a government worker of the new country and the new government. This is a huge contrast.

Is this a historical accident, or is it that different cultures lead to different outcomes? If we want to find the answer, we can only find it in culture. The first two revolutions were revolutions of European Christian civilization, and the latter was a revolution of Chinese Confucian civilization. The culture of Christian civilization is based on the Bible, and the culture of Chinese civilization is based on Confucianism.

The Bible is full of massacres. Christianity believes that God is just. Everyone is familiar with the story of Noah's Ark. The God sent a flood to destroy all mankind, leaving only Noah's family. This is a real genocide. Puyi was guilty of being a puppet emperor of Manchukuo. According to the culture of Western Christian civilization, he would die. But Chinese civilization is different. In the Analects of Confucius, Yao said: "Revitalize the destroyed countries, continue the extinct generations, and raise the exiled people." “兴灭国，继绝世，举逸民” The Manchus became a member of the Chinese nation and one of the 56 ethnic groups in China. This is "revitalize the destroyed countries and continue the extinct generations." The last emperor, Puyi, became a self-reliant citizen of the new China and became one of the government workers. This is "raise the exiled people."

"Reviving the destroyed states, continuing the extinct generations, and raising the exiled people" is a tradition of Chinese civilization humanism that respects everyone's basic human rights and basic human dignity. It can be said that it has a long history. For example, Huangdi fought with Yandi at Banquan in the 26th century BC, Huangdi defeated Yandi and then formed a tribal alliance with Yandi. To this day, most Chinese are descendants of Yandi and Huangdi. Huangdi believed that Yandi's rule was improper, so he replaced Yandi as the leader of the tribal alliance, and Yandi got a status commensurate with his ability under the rule of Huangdi. This is the spirit of the rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law, and former enemies are also equal. There is also Li Si's famous "Remonstrance to Expel Foreigners"《谏逐客书》, which advised Qin Shihuang to make use of talents from the six countries. Li Si himself was a Chu person. Qin unified the six countries in 221 BC and used talents from the six countries to serve as officials in the court, which was "raising the exiled people", just like the appointment of Puyi as a cultural and historical staff member in New China. Japan invaded China and committed the horrific Nanjing Massacre. When Japan surrendered, the Japanese army withdrew, but left behind the elderly, women, and children. These Japanese orphans were adopted by the Chinese people and enjoyed the same treatment as Chinese citizens. Not only were they not discriminated against, but they were also raised by the Chinese. This shows that the culture of Chinese civilization is extraordinary and kind.

The culture of Western civilization is different from that of China. Although Louis XVI and Nicholas II were executed for their crimes, they were brutally executed compared to Puyi. Apart from the distant past, the West tends to eliminate the body physically, and it is still so today. For example, when the United States killed Bin Laden, the media boasted and celebrated. Hunting down Bin Laden became the biggest goal of the US war on terror. But did terrorism disappear after Bin Laden was killed? No. In the more than 20 years of the US war on terror, the more terrorist organizations were fought, the more they became stronger, and even the Islamic State was established. Today, there are terrorist organizations everywhere in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan. This Western culture that tends to punish the body is reflected in the Bible. Today's Western civilization is Christian, and the teachings of the Bible are reflected in every aspect of its culture.

The 29th paragraph of Chapter 12 of the Bible, Exodus, records that God killed the eldest sons of all Egyptian families, from the Pharaoh to the common people to the prisoners. This behavior is what we call a terrorist attack today, an indiscriminate attack on civilians. The execution of Louis XVI and Nicholas II can be said to be a case of wrongdoing. What does Pharaoh’s refusal to allow the Israelites to leave have to do with civilians and prisoners? What does it have to do with the firstborn sons of ordinary people? This is pure intimidation, to let Pharaoh see God’s means. This kind of god, whose miracles are similar to the Bull Demon King 牛魔王 described by Wu Chengen 吴承恩, has a lower moral standard than the Bull Demon King. How can the Egyptian Pharaoh be coerced by taking the lives of innocent civilians’ firstborn sons? Please think about it, readers, is there any similarity between the US sanctions on other countries and God killing the firstborn sons of all Egyptians? The US sanctions the economy of a country when it says that the leader of a certain country is a dictator, causing all the people of that country to suffer. Many stories and concepts in the Old Testament of the Bible are common in Abrahamic monotheism. Its cultural psychology is common in monotheism, that is, they can use extreme violence to force their so-called "justice". Modern terrorist organizations call them Islamic extremist fundamentalist organizations, also known as jihad organizations. They fight for God (Allah) and use God's means. Chapter 15, paragraph 6 of the Bible, Genesis, says: Abraham believed in God, so Abraham was righteous. This is the core doctrine of monotheism: justification by faith. Islamic fundamentalists believe that they are launching a holy war, and it is just because they believe in God. Believing in God is the only standard of justice in monotheism. If it was Tathagata Buddha who wanted the Egyptian Pharaoh to release the Israelites, what would Tathagata Buddha do? With the power of Tathagata Buddha, he would definitely make the Egyptian Pharaoh change his mind and willingly let the Israelites go. Isn't it because of his boundless power that Pharaoh let the Israelites go? Why are the powers of Western gods and Eastern gods so different? The Egyptian Pharaoh finally let Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt, but it was not voluntary; but forced by God's violence. It can be seen that the Egyptian Pharaoh still cared about the Egyptian people and did not want the Egyptian people to suffer from locusts, hail, mosquitoes, and other disasters. The same is true for resolving the Ukrainian conflict. The United States and NATO must use violence to suppress Russia as a means to end the Ukrainian war, while China's position is to persuade peace. The West tends to use violent means, and violent means are used to establish an unequal international order in which developed countries exploit developing countries. China tends to use peaceful means, and peaceful means are to establish an international order in which everyone respects each other and has equal dignity. How to resolve international disputes and conflicts is not only a matter of strategy and method, but also a matter of justice and morality.

Chapter 6 of the Old Testament Book of Joshua tells the story of the Israelites slaughtering the Canaanites. God promised the Jews the land west of the Jordan River to the sea, namely Canaan, which is the promised land in Christianity. So the Jews crossed the Jordan River and slaughtered all the people in Canaan, leaving only a prostitute's family because the prostitute helped two Jewish detectives. It was just genocide. Weren't the Canaanites also created by God? Why did God engage in racial discrimination? When did God let the Canaanites live there, and why did he deprive them of their lives and occupy their land later? The justice of Christianity is that God chose the Israelites, and the Israelites are God's chosen people. Therefore, they can commit genocide against other ethnic groups. In Chinese culture, the means of a just cause are also just, and peace is a cause and a means of humanity. The Communist Party-led army has always had a policy of preferential treatment for prisoners. Preferential treatment means that the army of poor people can understand the luxurious life of the officials. Those prisoners cannot stand the simple life of ordinary soldiers in the Communist Party. The Communist Party gives these prisoners better living conditions than ordinary soldiers. Puyi's life as a war criminal was much better than that of many rural farmers at that time. This is a broad mind. In the West, "justice" itself is a synonym for interests. Israel occupied the Canaan area because it wanted the land flowing with milk and honey. It is an interest. Their justice is self-proclaimed, that is, "I believe in God, so I am just", and the means are cruel, which is genocide. This political culture of the West continues to this day. NATO bombed Libya and said that the West is "just" because the West is "democratic and free", so the West can use war violence to bomb an economically prosperous Libya into a country full of misery, causing Libyan refugees to flee everywhere, and the West is still proud to publicize the glory of their "democracy and freedom". The Bull Demon King would feel guilty if he did such a thing, so how could he dare to boast of his glory? There is an inherent unified logic between purpose and means. The brutality of the means used by the West or God shows that the purpose is not for justice and fairness, not for so-called freedom and democracy, but for power and property, for resources and interests.

The glory of God in the Bible is far lower than the moral standard of the supernatural powers that Confucius despised. The West regards their robbery as glory, and the glory of God. The British Empire colonized Asia, Africa and Latin America, causing many genocides and humanitarian disasters, but they named cities, streets, and ports after Queen Victoria and erected statues of Queen Victoria everywhere, because Britain conquered the world with powerful ships and guns during the Victorian era, just like the glory of God that the Israelites received after the genocide and occupation of the Canaan region.

The transformation of Puyi from the last Manchu emperor to an outstanding citizen of New China is a miracle of China's civilization as a country of etiquette, and is proof that Chinese civilization is more advanced than Western civilization.