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Barbarians, to China, were the less mentally endowed, of lesser understanding and of lesser quality than the Chinese people. This applied to all foreigners or all who came from other lands. This was not their fault, but they were not blessed to have the same intelligence and understanding as the Chinese had. Barbararians were given a chance if they would Kow Tow (bow all the way down with forehead touching the ground) and bring tribute to the emperor. When China was isolationist, before the Opium wars, they could maintain this view, however, when Britain got the upper hand this thinking began to deteriorate China as a great power in the world.
It was considered a threat to traditional Chinese culture.
The Postmillenial View
According to a summary on RAD Essays.com, "MacIntosh had known poverty all his life ... Service against the French offered the hope of plunder or at least an enlistment bounty ... One among thousands of colonists who fought against
There was no single view. See related link for an article on the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages.
18th Century Deism stressed morality and rejected the orthodox Christian view of the divinity of Christ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings inspired them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.
in the 18th century, nature began taking on a period of romantic and transcendental view of life in response to the strict puritan beliefs on which our country was founded. Because of the importance of nature in romanticism and transcendentalism, it was regarded and analyzed much more in the 18th century than ever before in the United States
Barbarians, to China, were the less mentally endowed, of lesser understanding and of lesser quality than the Chinese people. This applied to all foreigners or all who came from other lands. This was not their fault, but they were not blessed to have the same intelligence and understanding as the Chinese had. Barbararians were given a chance if they would Kow Tow (bow all the way down with forehead touching the ground) and bring tribute to the emperor. When China was isolationist, before the Opium wars, they could maintain this view, however, when Britain got the upper hand this thinking began to deteriorate China as a great power in the world.
It was considered a threat to traditional Chinese culture.
It was cool so China was cool with them
The Postmillenial View
Actually they didn’t make Thanksgiving Lincoln did in 1863. He made the holiday and the Pilgrims traditions were to fast and then celebrate the harvest. It was called Home harvest and our view of this event comes from 18th century artists and writers.
The Greeks thought that citizens should participate in the government, but did not offer citizenship to women, foreigners, and slaves.
Sir Horace Walpole, writing in the 18th century, resurrected the myth which described Anne of Cleves as "The Flanders Mare" - a monument to ugliness. This is still a popular view. Most modern historians disagree with it, and there are portraits of Anne where she appears lovely.
Answer this question… Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings inspired them to view practices like inherited privilege and absolute monarchy as irrational.
Women in China have always traditionally been seen as second class citizens. This view goes back thousands of years and has not been changed.