Chapter 39 3. Key

It feels good to be in the air! That's right, when you get to cruising altitude, you'll probably only see clouds.But cloud and cloud are not the same.Under different clouds, some are mountains, some are rivers, some are grasslands, and some are forests.What's more, once the clouds clear and the fog clears, we can still do what Li He said: Looking at Qizhou in the distance for nine cigarettes, a sea of ​​sea water pours into a glass. What is the "nine o'clock cigarette"? city. A city is a symbol of a country and a boundary marker of civilization.As long as any nation establishes a city, it also establishes a country; when it establishes a country, it enters civilization.Taking this as a boundary, it was called "prehistoric" before, and it was also an era of myths and legends, and after that is "history".

History is the history of civilization. A city is a "sign of civilization".Many civilizations that have long since disappeared were confirmed because the archaeological team discovered the ruins of the city, such as Crete and Harappa. The key was found. So, where is the city's secret, and how can it be discovered? This is thanks to the great invention of our nation, which is pictographs.The advantage of hieroglyphs over pinyin is that they can retain the most original information, especially oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions.Moreover, through the investigation of the evolution of characters, we can also discover the trajectory of history.This set of "History of China" has used a lot of ancient texts as clues and evidence since the first volume, and this is the reason.

Oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions tell us that a country is a city and a city is a wall.This is obviously for safety and a sense of security.But modern cities have no walls, which proves that people still need freedom and a sense of freedom.Both safety and freedom are needed, and only cities can achieve it.The city's secrets deciphered. The question is, why did tribes become countries after cities emerged? Because people have changed. Those who make up clans and tribes are "nationalities"; those who make up cities are "citizens"; and those who make up a country are "nationals."What is the difference between a nation and a citizen?Ethnic groups have blood ties, at least "pan blood ties".If not, you have to marry.Citizens may or may not have it, essentially none.Their relationship is public, so they are called "citizens".Its Greek meaning is "people of the city".

Where there are "citizens", there are "public relations" and "public affairs".To deal with these relationships and things, the customs of the clan and tribal era will not work, it must rely on "public power" and "public rules", and there must be "public agencies" that exercise public power in accordance with public rules. This is "country". Now, have the state's secrets been deciphered? No.Because not all nationals are citizens.On the contrary, at the beginning of human civilization, the vast majority of citizens were "subjects".