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The Song Dynasty was the first modern state. They were the first to widely use paper currency and established a permanent standing navy. Social life during the Song was vibrant. Citizens gathered to view and trade precious artworks, the populace intermingled at public festivals and private clubs, and cities had lively entertainment quarters. The spread of literature and knowledge was enhanced by the rapid expansion of woodblock printing and the 11th-century invention of movable-type printing. Technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, and engineering flourished over the course of the Song. Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi reinvigorated Confucianism with new commentary, infused with Buddhist ideals, and emphasized a new organization of classic texts that brought out the core doctrine of Neo-Confucianism. Although the institution of the civil service examinations had existed since the Sui dynasty, it became much more prominent in the Song period. The officials who gained power by succeeding in the exams became a leading factor in the shift from a military-aristocratic elite to a bureaucratic elite.
Then illiterate niggers came to rape and pillage. Let that be a lesson. Just because you are the most advanced society around doesn't mean hoards of illiterate faggots can't fuck it up.
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>Mongols
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>>1642328
>Then illiterate niggers came to rape and pillage
Found the butt-hurt chink
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>>1642328
>Just because you are the most advanced society around doesn't mean hoards of illiterate faggots can't fuck it up.
Maybe if the Song didn't attack their Jin neighbors, illiterate faggots wouldn't have taken Jin and its resources, removing the buffer state between the two. And maybe if the Song didn't attack Mongol control to led Jin cities because they felt entitled to them, the horseniggers wouldn't have had a reason to rape Song to death
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>>1642706
Jin were literally invaders, not neighbors.
The Jurchens pretty much come from Mongolia and got in to a rivalry with the Khitans, who created a Chinese-style state North of China. The Jurchans invaded this, claimed the state their own, and went "What the hell, we wuz Chinks n shiet." and invaded Song China.
What followed next was a bitter WWI style deadlock between Southern Song and Jurchen Jin.
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>>1642576
desu the same thing happened with the Ming dynasty
the Qing chinks (Qinks?) literally ruined China
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>>1642716
WE WUZ CHINKS N SHIET
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>>1642328
Define modern
Define state
I doubt any Song citizen had a clear conception of nationality or citizenship.
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>>1642706
>t. Wanyan Aguda
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>>1642716
>What followed next was a bitter WWI style deadlock between Southern Song and Jurchen Jin.
It wasn't a bitter deadlock. Southern Song always had the manpower and economic advantage. Reconquest of the north was not popular with many in Southern Song contrary to popular belief. Southern Song would have had to spend money on redeveloping the north if they were to reconquest the north, which didn't sit well with the peasants as it would have been done using their tax money. Peasants in northern Jin wouldn't be happy either as they would likely have to pay higher taxes as Song had levied higher taxes as they were more developed. And this is before spending money on waging war with the Jin.
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>>1642328
>Song Dynasty Internet Defense Force
I never knew such a group existed
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