In ancient times, human beings had several splendid ancient civilizations, including ancient Egyptian civilization, Sumerian civilization, Babylonian civilization, ancient Indian civilization and ancient Chinese civilization!

These civilizations appeared at about the same time and disappeared at the same time. Only the ancient Chinese civilization remained, but it was also severely disconnected...

So, why do the rise and demise of ancient civilizations coincide in time? Or is this just a coincidence?

Moreover, how did these ancient civilizations rise and how did they end?

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During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought emerged in Chinese history, including Laozi, Confucius, and a large number of thinkers and educators!

In the history of the world, there are also the birth of Sakyamuni and the rise of Buddhism in India; the rise of God and Christianity and the birth of sages including Jesus Christ.

It seems that all of a sudden, various theories competed with each other, and then established the basic understanding of mankind. Countless sages were born around the world and led human thought!

Is there any connection between these theories and the sages?

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Under the guidance of many sages, human thought and understanding has been consolidated. However, as human thoughts have become more stable, all the sages quietly left overnight, and it will be difficult for another one to appear in the next hundreds or even thousands of years!

When Buddhism flourished, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity also flourished around the world at about the same time!

In the Middle Ages, Indian Buddhism was destroyed by pagans, Chinese Taoism fell into silence, Western Christianity declined, etc. Is there anything inevitable in this?

During the Renaissance, the rise of capitalism represented by the three Renaissance heroes appeared in the West;

China has also developed to the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the emergence of capitalism has also appeared, as well as the Xinxue represented by Mr. Yangming, to the extent that every well can talk about Xinxue!

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Late at night, Qu Ran recorded these words in his notebook, sighed secretly, stood up and walked out of the dormitory, walking on the silent campus!

Qu Ran was born in a military family, and his parents were both professional soldiers. However, as fate would have it, when Qu Ran was three years old, his parents both died in a border conflict, leaving Qu Ran alone.

Among the relatives of Qu Ran's parents, there was only his mother's sister, who was Qu Ran's aunt. Therefore, Qu Ran came to live with his aunt since he was three years old!

His aunt still had some family bonds, and she seemed to be kind to Qu Ran for the sake of her dead sister. Unfortunately, good people don't live long. When Qu Ran was seven years old, her aunt also died in a car accident.

From then on, Qu Ran's tragic life officially began!

Just in line with the old saying, cousins ​​are relatives for generations. Broken bones are connected to tendons, cousins ​​are not considered relatives. After death, aunts are no longer friends...

My eldest uncle is an engineer, with the kind of meanness, selfishness and prejudice that are unique to ordinary citizens and intellectuals. Coupled with the death of my aunt, the difficult life of a widower has made my uncle even more cold and callous!

As long as Qu Ran makes a mistake, even if it is a very small mistake, he will at least get a scolding. Moreover, what is more unbearable for Qu Ran than scolding is soft violence!

The so-called soft violence includes not being allowed to sleep, not allowed to eat, or mentally tortured, etc.!

To be honest, nothing can destroy a child's young mind more than soft violence.

Beating and scolding at least shows that adults care about their children. In the hearts of children, you can also feel the kind of love that hopes your children will succeed or hates the iron!

But soft violence does not contain any element of love. It has only one purpose and result: to destroy the child's self-confidence!

If we say that my uncle also wants to be good, but his education method is not appropriate, or that this is his character, then so be it!

But the eldest uncle never punished his own child, his cousin who was one year older than Qu Ran, and rarely even scolded him.

You can always see this scene at your aunt's house. Your uncle and your cousin are sitting at the table eating, while Qu Ran is standing in the corner, swallowing silently while looking at the sumptuous meal on the table!

Or, my uncle and cousin have already fallen asleep, and Qu Ran stands alone in the living room, staring at the clock on the wall ticking into the night...

The so-called living under someone else's roof is really not just talk. The endless humiliation and soft violence tortured Qu Ran into a taciturn child, and his inner inferiority grew like a weed!

Qu Ran could endure all kinds of strange punishments, but the most intolerable thing was that every time he was humiliated and scolded, his uncle would always mention how Qu Ran killed his parents when he was three years old, and killed his aunt when he was seven years old!

After saying a lot, Qu Ran also somewhat believed that maybe it was because his life was too tough that he killed his parents and aunt, and he felt even more inferior. His personality became Buddhist and submissive. The only thing he hoped for was when

Being able to leave this 'home' and fly far away...

When Qu Ran was in the third grade of elementary school, his uncle suddenly came to Qu Ran's school. Without Qu Ran's consent, he changed Qu Ran's surname and began to take his uncle's surname of Che.

In this way, Qu Ran became Che Ran, and the strangest thing is that Qu Ran's cousin was also called Che Ran, but the word 'ran' was different!

Because of the matter of changing his surname, Qu Ran made trouble countless times, and even changed the name in his class back to "Qu Ran". But every time he cried and made trouble, he got a severe beating and non-stop work every day.

of insults.

Gradually, Qu Ran accepted that he had become "Che Ran"

It wasn't until Qu Ran graduated from high school that he suddenly understood his uncle's good intentions, or rather his shrewdness!

It turns out that Qu Ran has been smart and studious since he was a child, and he studies hard. It seems that he has nothing else to do except study hard!

He was one of the best in his grade in every subject, and he was also the top student in the school. However, Qu Ran's cousin Che Ran was a completely poor student, and a very poor one at that.

According to Qu Ran's academic performance, it would be easy to get admitted to a key university, and Qu Ran was indeed admitted to the mathematics department of a key university!

However, just when Qu Ran got the admission notice, his uncle suddenly revealed his true face!

Using both punishment and abuse, as well as threats and inducements, Qu Ran and his cousin changed universities. In other words, Qu Ran went to the lower-tier junior college that his cousin was admitted to, while his cousin went to his own key university.

Qu Ran did not refuse or repeat his studies for another year. He just smiled bitterly, silently put on his schoolbag, and went to that college to major in history!

One reason is that at this time, Qu Ran just wanted to stay far away from this family that he could no longer bear;

Another reason is that after years of mental torture by his uncle, Qu Ran's character has become very introverted and cowardly, and he can no longer think of resisting his fate...

The discipline of history and archeology are twin brothers. They both look for clues in piles of old papers and cultural relics buried underground in an attempt to restore the historical truth!

Strangely enough, Chinese history is basically recorded in historical materials, and these are very detailed and complete records, but historians still have to restore the truth from old papers and cultural relics.

Because all historians understand the truth that records in history books have been tampered with by the ancients countless times. After a certain emperor came to power, he changed the history books to a version that was beneficial to him, and the next emperor changed the history books to a version that was beneficial to him.

Another scene!

Even if some events have not been changed by the ancients, due to different interpretations by different scholars, completely different results have occurred. There are even such miracles that the parties involved are still alive, but cannot explain the historical events clearly.

In addition to the fog that shrouds the history books, there are countless amazing coincidences in history!

Such as the quiet rise and inexplicable demise of ancient civilizations, the emergence and departure of sages, the rise, development and decline of religions, the step-by-step progress of the times, etc.

It seems that every time there is a cultural boom, the civilization will fall silent for hundreds of years, and then there will be another collective explosion...

Just like climbing stairs, moving forward step by step!

The more he read history books, the more he could not understand why the sages always appeared in the same era, led the trend of human thought and then disappeared?

Why do civilizations always appear and disappear at about the same time?

Is this just a coincidence, or is there a deeper necessity?

The more I study history, the fuzzy my mind becomes, and the more I think about it, the less I understand!

Walking alone on the quiet path on campus, thinking about his so-called studies and his dim future, Qu Ran gradually felt a trace of hatred in his heart!

How great would it be if my parents didn't sacrifice themselves?

What if I could repeat my studies for another year and apply for another major?

How great would it be if I could live my life again?

Thinking of reviving his life, a fire suddenly lit up in Qu Ran's heart. Although Qu Ran had never believed that such a bizarre thing had happened, thinking about it could bring him a little inner peace and some spiritual comfort.

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"If I could live my life again, my parents would not have sacrificed, and I would not have to endure so many years of dependence, punishment, and abuse. I would have delicious meals every day, gifts on my birthday, and lucky money during the New Year. How happy would that be...

..." Qu Ran thought silently, slowly falling into vague memories of his parents.

But what Qu Ran didn't notice was that just when he was thinking wildly, the night sky with few stars suddenly became covered with a layer of dark clouds!

Dark clouds came from the sky to cover the moon and the few stars, and gathered into a funnel shape above Qu Ran's head. They accumulated more and more, becoming thicker and thicker!

"Uh... what is going on?" Qu Ran was startled when he saw the funnel-shaped vortex of dark clouds that was getting thicker and thicker above his head, and he was thinking blankly about the sight he had never seen before.

But at this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed in the clouds, and a bright lightning instantly illuminated the sky. It boomed down diagonally and went straight to Qu Ran's head, and then there was a roar of thunder!

"Holy crap, what's going on..." Qu Ran was frightened and was stunned for a moment, then ran away.

The lightning did not hit Qu Ran, but only burned the flowers nearby to black!

Qu Ran glanced backwards and saw the charred flowers. He didn't have time to rejoice secretly and ran towards the teaching building!

But just after running a few steps, three thunderbolts condensed in the clouds, and instantly reached the top of Qu Ran's head. With a bang, Qu Ran fell to the ground.

"Ah... holy shit" Qu Ran yelled, and at the moment he fell unconscious, he heard the sound of thunder rolling past...

After the thunder passed, the thick clouds dispersed quietly, as if nothing had happened. Only Qu Ran, covered in charred black, was lying on the ground without knowing whether to live or die!
Chapter completed!