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The New Ming Is Not So New 新明不新
In the tenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Henan suffers a severe drought, and locusts blot out the sky. In a clan village outside the city, Zhu Shaoxuan, a twelfth-generation descendant of the founding emperor, is on the verge of starving to death. The flour jar is cleaner than if a dog had licked it. He goes to the prince’s manor to borrow grain, but the steward spits on the ground and sneers “With a poor wretch like you, you think you deserve any?” That night, he and twenty-odd clansmen seize
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The Mohists’ Heavenly Will 墨家天志
Jinglei: “Only a thorough social revolution can break the cycle of civilization's increasing entropy!” The Son of Heaven and the feudal lords: “Jinglei, you monster! No matter how hard you try, civilization's recursion always goes round in circles.”
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