Chapter 889 - 321: Tang Xia Encounters Major Trouble (Part 2)

Chapter 889: Chapter 321: Tang Xia Encounters Major Trouble (Part 2)

Yang Chen nodded. Putting other factors aside and purely from a literary and historical perspective, the absence of artifacts and ruins from the Xia Dynasty means it shouldn’t be considered history.

If legends alone confirm the existence of the Xia Dynasty, wouldn’t Pangu creating Heaven and Earth and Nuwa creating humans also be real history?

However, Yang Chen felt that someone of Confucius’s caliber wouldn’t just make things up. He must have his own evidence to compile "Yu’s Book" and "Xia’s Book" into the "Minister’s Book".

The best way to make foreigners acknowledge our 5,000-year history is to find evidence proving the existence of the Xia Dynasty, so they won’t dare to dismiss it.

Soon, Yang Chen escorted the old gentleman to the Hai City History Museum.

The "Longwai Historical Exchange Conference" was being held here, and anyone interested could participate for free.

Yang Chen, with nothing else to do, parked his car and went inside to join the event.

At nine o’clock, the exchange conference officially began.

In the first session, history experts from various countries briefly introduced their respective national histories.

Sure enough, as the old gentleman said earlier, some Western country’s history experts really treat the "Homer’s Iliad," the "Bible - Old Testament," "Greek Mythology," and such as history.

But they don’t just copy these contents as history; instead, they search and "create" evidence according to written records. As long as it matches the content, it’s considered history.

So, if that’s the case, Dragon Country could treat texts like the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as history. Finding evidence is difficult, but "creating" it isn’t so hard, is it?

It was Dragon Country’s historians’ turn to illustrate their history, represented by the old gentleman Yang Chen brought just now. According to the introduction, his name is Li Chuanen, a professor in the history department at Hai City University, a doctoral advisor, and vice director of the Hai City Historical Research Institute, director of the Archaeological Institute, and honorary curator and consultant of the Hai City History Museum.

Such a string of titles indicates Li Chuanen’s high status in the fields of history and archaeology.

However, Yang Chen was not well-versed in history and archaeology, so he didn’t recognize him when he gave him a ride earlier.

Li Chuanen spoke according to the Dragon Country history textbooks, starting from the Xia Dynasty.

The second session involved history scholars exchanging their insights and opinions.

At first, everyone could still communicate well, but somehow, it turned into foreign historical experts collectively questioning Li Chuanen’s assertion of "Yao-Shun-Yu followed by Xia."

"Mr. Li, so far, you Dragon Country folks have not found any evidence of the Xia Dynasty’s existence. This cannot be part of Dragon Country’s history."

"Exactly, history requires evidence; it’s not just about saying whatever you please. If you claim legends and writings are evidence, then we could directly treat ’Homer’s Iliad,’ the ’Bible,’ or even Greek mythology as history, and Dragon Country would consider Pangu creating Heaven and Earth as history. Then, is it necessary for us to even sit here and exchange?"

"The non-existence of the Xia Dynasty is accepted internationally; it’s not a new issue. Since Mr. Li is an expert in the field, why engage in such unprofessional actions?"

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Li Chuanen was certainly going to stand his ground, even exposing their fabricated historical evidence face-to-face.

"Everybody can compare these two photos for yourselves. Image 1 depicts the Han Dynasty famous general Huo Qubing’s tombstone sculpture of a horse trampling a Xiongnu, 2,200 years old. Image 2 shows the stone lion from Ancient Babylon, specifically from the Sumerian civilization, in front of Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace, 4,000 years old. Anyone can see the similar sculptural style in these photos; it’s as if they belong to the same civilizational period. Western countries claim Ancient Babylon was in the Bronze Age 4,000 years ago; how would they have carved the stone lion then? Therefore, I believe this stone lion is a later forgery modeled after the horse trampling a Xiongnu." Li Chuanen stated seriously.

This infuriated those foreign history experts, who immediately stood up to debate with Li Chuanen.

Naturally, other Dragon Country history experts wouldn’t let Li Chuanen battle alone; they quickly joined the debate.

Eventually, the moderator forcibly separated them, bringing the debate to a halt.

Li Chuanen seemed unfazed and loudly remarked, "I haven’t even mentioned your fabricated pyramids yet! Those stone blocks average 2.5 tons each; how were they lifted in that era? Unable to explain, you claim they’re remnants of alien civilizations; it’s disgraceful that you can say such things."

The audience from Dragon Country applauded and cheered.

"Well said!"

"That’s right!"

"You question our history, demanding evidence, but can’t even clarify your own history. Don’t be so double-standard!"

"You robbers, not satisfied with stealing others’ wealth, you even want to steal history. Shameless!"

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Those foreign history experts, hearing the translator’s interpretation, stormed out in anger.

These foreigners are truly weak but love to play, comparing recent two to three hundred years’ development with Dragon Country is fine, but why would they bother to compete in history with Dragon Country?

Even granting them a Xia Dynasty, they wouldn’t qualify to compete with Dragon Country’s rich historical foundation.

Everyone praised Li Chuanen’s boldness, but he himself did not look happy.

Because he was not concerned about proving how fake Western history is; he wanted the world to acknowledge the Xia Dynasty’s existence.

Yang Chen walked out of the history museum, also furrowing his brows.

Before today, he hadn’t realized that dynasties already recorded in history textbooks could still have unproven existence.