The Importance of Calendar
Why did the Ming Dynasty say 'death is death'? (14)
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1、 The "three salary increases" have added a huge burden to farmers in Northwest China. It cannot be denied that the Ming Dynasty fell due to peasant uprisings, and the rise of peasant uprisings is directly related to the addition of the "three levies".
2、 The reason why Xu Guangqi constantly demanded that Emperor Chongzhen allow officials to hire Portuguese teachers and purchase firearms (mainly artillery and guns) from Portugal, Spain, and even the Netherlands in Macau was because he received more information after contacting missionaries such as Matteo Ricci.
3、 It is recorded that in the late Ming Dynasty, thousands of Western books entered China due to the arrival of missionaries.
4、 The calendar of the imperial court is not only used domestically, but also promulgated to various affiliated countries, such as Zhongshan (Ryukyu Islands), Annam (Vietnam), and Korea. If it is inaccurate, the legitimacy of the emperor and the legitimacy of the court will be questioned.
5、 During the Chongzhen period, although the revision of the calendar was led by the Grand Secretary Xu Guangqi, the main workers were Western missionaries represented by Tang Ruowang. This calendar was later promulgated during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and in fact, it originally had another title - "New Book of Western Calendars".
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