09-18-2017, 09:54 AM
In reviewing Hong's work from the previous posting, it's
interesting to list Hong's solutions to the problems:
I assume that "Annexation of land" means invasion of someone else's
land and extermination of the existing population. This is typical of
Chinese thinking today, as be seen in China's relations with the South
China Sea, Japan, India, and so forth. The Chinese see annexation of
someone else's land as the natural thing to do.
interesting to list Hong's solutions to the problems:
- Floods
- Drought
- Rebellion
- Epidemic diseases
- Development of production
- Decrease of taxation
- Opposition to luxuriousness
- Annexation of land
I assume that "Annexation of land" means invasion of someone else's
land and extermination of the existing population. This is typical of
Chinese thinking today, as be seen in China's relations with the South
China Sea, Japan, India, and so forth. The Chinese see annexation of
someone else's land as the natural thing to do.
