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Lol, you know the very superficial of Chinese history and culture, there were other states in Central China that were not included in Shijin, such as 燕国, 吴国 and 蔡国 . Chu was considered less civilized and distant by some other states mainly because Chu's rulers lineage was not originally from the Zhou kings relatives and Chu was far away. Many Chinese at the time did dislike Confucianism just like the Westerners originally despised Christianity. Liu Bang disliked rigid and solemn Confucian rituals and practices was his personal choice. So if someone disliked Confucianism, the person must be not Houxia Chinese ? Lol, then the first emperor of China must be non Chinese too because be banned the practice of Confucianism, and burned their books. Lol, Viet has the same sound as Yue in Chinese that is Cantonese, there is no real evidence that Vietnamese came from Chu. There is evidence that Cantonese and Vietnamese are related to some degree as recorded in history and their languages sounds similar to certain extent.Funny that you bring up Shijing because Chu was excluded from it which proves they were considered outside of Huaxia ethnically. Chu were considered savage barbarians by Huaxia, can you explain why Han emperors were obsessed with barbarian Chu culture if they were Huaxia
Shusun Tong wore Confucian robes. The prince of Han [Liu Bang] detested them, so Tong changed them and wore the short tunic, in the style of Chu. The prince of Han was pleased.7
the region he understood to be Chu, the people employed shamans in the worship of "ghosts and spirits" (guishen) and placed great weight on yinsi (excessive, or lewd, rites) a term used by Han and later writers to describe the religious practices of other peoples. These regional practices involved great expenditures, dancing and singing, animal sacrifices, and the use of shamans, exorcism, or prayers to local gods.11 They were the practices, in fact, that the Han emperors were obsessed with, much to the distress of their Confucian ministers
But was the Han dynasty ethnically Chinese? Yuan and Qing both ruled China but you cannot say they were ethnically Chinese, you call yourselves Han because the Han
dynasty existed much further back in time so presumed to be Chinese which is not the case, the Chu/Han were ethnically not the same as you
Huaxia ethnically is the amalgamation of all the Sino-Tibetan people from Shang and Zhou
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