The Dream of Wufu Despotism: the Formation and Role of Chinese Warlords
by Zhang Ming
About This Novel
The first question encountered when studying warlords is: What are warlords? If interpreted literally, the word "valve" in warlord is a bit similar to the word "hegemon" we use in daily life, because no matter what role a person is, as long as they are suffixed with this obscure word "valve", they will become domineering. Warlords can be understood as lawless people who rely on force. If we still want to delve deeper into the political connotation of the word "warlord", then without much effort we will find two elements recognized by many pseudo-definitions of warlords. One is to rely exclusively on force, and the other is to segregate local areas. The English word "warlord" perfectly displays these two elements. (WAR refers to military and war, and LORD means land). Whether it is the definition of Western scholars as "anyone who dominates an area based on military strength" (Sheridan), or the authoritative domestic summary of "a military group that relies on self-respect, separatist forces, and forms its own faction" (Cihai), there is no exception.
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Official(19)Scraped 4d ago
In that chaotic era, any warlord had to maintain a set of rules for internal stability. Although the methods they adopted were different, the purpose was the same.
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The existence of warlords is an inevitable necessity of the times
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You idiot! Freedom is relative. Do soldiers do whatever they want for the sake of freedom?
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Official(19)Scraped 4d ago
In that chaotic era, any warlord had to maintain a set of rules for internal stability. Although the methods they adopted were different, the purpose was the same.
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The existence of warlords is an inevitable necessity of the times
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You idiot! Freedom is relative. Do soldiers do whatever they want for the sake of freedom?
