#221 b.c.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Jade Bird Subduing Two Snakes.

Place of origin: China

Period: Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

Date: 475-221 B.C.

[artifacts-archive]

Grave Guardian Beast (Zhenmu Shou)

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C.

Antlered creatures with long, protruding tongues are the most distinctive burial gifts that have been discovered in Chu tombs. “Antler and tongue” figures may have been used in shamanistic rituals or may represent local deities. Typically centered at the head of the coffin, perhaps to protect the deceased from evil, such grotesque images assume a variety of forms with single or double heads. The painted scrollwork on this example is unusually well preserved.

[counter-culture-christian]

Why Christmas is not related to Christ Jesus nor Christianity

A search on the internet will tell you that Christmas is a Christian holiday (I don't think I read that in the Bible) celebrating the birthday of Jesus Christ. Where in the Bible was the birth date of Jesus Christ given? It doesn't even give the date of the 25th of December. Christmas means "mass on Christ's day" how did it come to be that that was Christ's day? I know that He says He's Lord of the sabbath and that's God's day is the sabbath but Christmas? No. Christmas is the English term. "The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice." Yule which is "the pre-Christian festival originating in Scandinavia which was later subsumed, along with other pagan celebrations, into the Christian holiday of Christmas." There are pagan roots, celebrations in it, how does it glorify Jesus? God? People might say, oh but they sing Christmas carols and there's the nativity. Please, it doesn't matter if that is done on that day when there are parts of Christmas which are contributed from celebrations offered to idols or possible pagan gods. "Yule celebrations began as a Norse festival called jol, although assessments of the purpose and traditions vary. Like most winter solstice festivals, themes of light, fire, and feasting are common threads. Some historians think that sacrifices were an important part of the observance, either to the gods and other supernatural beings (such as elves) or to the dead or both." "Since the early 20th century, Christmas has also been a secular family holiday, observed by Christians and non-Christians alike, devoid of Christian elements, and marked by an increasingly elaborate exchange of gifts. In this secular Christmas celebration, a mythical figure named Santa Claus plays the pivotal role." If it's really about Jesus Christ, why is there an image of a mythical man called Santa Claus? What does he have to do with Jesus Christ? As the quote above said, Christians and non-Christians celebrate it. Why would non-Christians, people who don't believe in, nor follow or have accepted Christ as their personal saviour, celebrate the day? How strange that is, a day allegedly dedicated to Christ is celebrated by a non believer who can celebrate that day yet still not want to seek or receive Christ Jesus. "The precise origin of assigning December 25 as the birth date of Jesus is unclear. The New Testament provides no clues in this regard. December 25 was first identified as the date of Jesus’ birth by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221 and later became the universally accepted date. One widespread explanation of the origin of this date is that December 25 was the Christianizing of the dies solis invicti nati (“day of the birth of the unconquered sun”), a popular holiday in the Roman Empire that celebrated the winter solstice as a symbol of the resurgence of the sun, the casting away of winter and the heralding of the rebirth of spring and summer. " Gosh, the Roman Empire and it's influence in Christianity is. . .I'm speechless. Many people are being led astray by their "traditions", "doctrines" etc. So much falseness. I'm not even surprised. Saturnalia: "The influence of the Saturnalia upon the celebrations of Christmas and the New Year has been direct. The fact that Christmas was celebrated on the birthday of the unconquered sun (dies solis invicti nati) gave the season a solar background, connected with the kalends of January (January 1, the Roman New Year) when houses were decorated with greenery and lights, and presents were given to children and the poor." "Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas, such as wreaths, candles, feasting and gift-giving." "The pagan celebration of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture and time, began as a single day, but by the late Republic (133-31 B.C.) it had expanded to a weeklong festival beginning December 17. (On the Julian calendar, which the Romans used at the time, the winter solstice fell on December 25.)"

[blueiskewl]

2,200-Year-Old Bronze Artifacts Uearthed in China

While exploring an ancient site in China, a team of archaeologists recently stumbled upon an abundant trove of ancient bronze objects dating back at least 2,200 years. Among their finds were plates, tripods, decorative ornaments — and a collection of swords.

Experts were exploring one of three sprawling sites in Shaoxing, officials from the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said, according to a Feb. 7 post from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The three sites are known as Tingshan, Nanshantou and Nanshan.

The sites — and the ruins and artifacts found during excavations — date to China’s Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States era, which lasted from 770 B.C. until about 221 B.C.

Archaeologists also found the ruins of a large building and other ancient remains while exploring the three sites. Here’s what they discovered.

SWORDS AND OTHER BRONZE ARTIFACTS

The seven swords and bronze artifacts were unearthed at the Nanshan site, officials said.

Of the seven swords, only three were completely preserved. Two fragments from the weapons had characters engraved on them, according to archaeologists.

Experts also found pottery, porcelain, metalware, bamboo, wood artifacts, and plant and animal remains.

Among the animal remains, they found evidence of cattle, pigs, deer, fish and rare horses. There were also leftover grains and the remains of vegetables and fruits.

A LARGE CEREMONIAL BUILDING

At the Tingshan site, archaeologists found the ruins of what they believe was once a large ceremonial public building.

Experts unearthed part of the building’s foundation: an east-west wall spanning about 180 feet long and a north-south wall spanning about 30 feet wide.

Whoever built the ancient structure likely dug the foundation’s trench and then placed a ground beam with attached columns into the trench, according to officials.

Archaeologists unearthed the building’s intricate column network, including exquisitely decorated and painted pillars.

AN ANCIENT WHARF AND SACRIFICIAL PIT

In another area of the Tingshan site, experts identified the ruins of an ancient wharf, known as the Linshui Wharf.

Archaeologists discovered three organized rows of wooden stakes left from the ancient dock-like structure.

They also found the remains of a sacrificial pit — still filled with offerings.

The pit held artifacts, including charcoal and food, according to officials.

Shaoxing is in the Zhejiang province in eastern China.

By MOIRA RITTER.

[the-monkey-ruler]

So, my understanding is that FengShen Yanyi is before Journey to que west. My question is, are the events of Lotus Lantern before Sun Wukong wants a place in heaven? I know those three stories the most, but I don't know if there are any others that I should know. I also wanted to ask where Chang'e's story falls between these stories.

Shang Dynasty: c.1750 B.C. - c.1066 B.C.

The Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese names Fengshen Yanyi (Chinese: 封神演義) story is set in the era of the decline of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC) and the rise of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC).

Zhou Dynasty: Western Zhou: 1066 B.C. - 221 B.C.

Chang'e first appeared in Guicang, a divination text written in Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC - 256 BC).

Qin Dynasty: 771 B.C. - 206 B.C.

Wukong bursting out of the stone (Warring States Period)

Han Dynasty: 206 B.C. - 220

Wukong Dies (at the age of 342)

Wukong Trapped Under Five Element Mountain

Liu Xiang (Liu Chenxiang's father), a scholar of the Han Dynasty (first draft)

Three Kingdoms: Wei: 220 - 280

Western Jin: 265 - 316

Eastern Jin: 317 - 420

Sixteen Kingdoms: 304 - 420

Southern and Northern Dynasty: 420 - 581

Sui Dynasty: 581 - 618

Tang Dynasty: 618 - 907

Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記) is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang

The Magic Lotus Lantern is a Chinese fairy tale from the Tang dynasty (618–907). (recreation in Qing Dynasty)

Five Dynasties: 907 - 979

Song Dynasty: 960 - 1279

Liao Dynasty: 907 - 1125

Western Xia Dynasty: 1032 - 1227

Jin Dynasty: 1115 - 1234

Yuan Dynasty: 1279 - 1368

Ming Dynasty: 1368 - 1644

Qing Dynasty: 1644 - 1911

I'm taking this from when the legends are either first mentioned OR have said IN THE TEXT when they are to take place. Chang'e was first mentioned in the Zhou Dynasty, but I am not sure if the story is meant to be even earlier depending. I have also seen that the story of Chang'e first appeared in the Shang Dynasty hexagram "Gui Zang ". The complete story of Chang'e flying to the moon was first recorded in "Huainanzi·Lanmingxun" of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the relationship between Chang'e and Yi was established, and Chang'e turned into a toad that made medicine after entering the moon palace. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the image of Chang'e returned to being a woman. In Han Dynasty portraits, Chang'e has the head of a human and the body of a snake. Her hair is in a high bun, she wears a long jacket with wide sleeves, and her long tail is decorated with short, barb-shaped feathers. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Chang'e was portrayed as a peerless beauty. 

Xiyouji is also very much in the Tang dynasty and is even said to have prolonged the Tang dynasty within the novel. Wukong’s birth and creation is to be sometime in the Warring States period and to be guessed in the Qin Dynasty. Lotus Lantern ALSO was created in the Tang Dynasty and from my understanding and its first interaction is when Liu Xiang (someone said Liu Xi) is a scholar of the Han Dynasty and went to Beijing to take an exam (this is the version of lotus Lanter were he gets remarried) He passed by the Huashan Temple and wrote a poem in the temple. He teased the temple deity, the Sanseng Mu of Huayue. Sanseng Mu was so angry that they wanted to kill him but fell in love with him in the end. I cannot say that if the original version is meant to be before or after the Wukong has been punished by heaven and is under the mountain but considering that Wukong mentions Erlang's mother and not his nephew that would be a good suggestion that is after in this version. It is in the Qin Dynasty do we see the version that Lotus Lantern being definitively placed after Wukong going on his journey in Tang Dynasty, making the legends VERY recent in comparison to others. This is the version where Chengxiang's father doesn't get remarried and is the more popular of the two honestly.

[shinjihi]

朝鮮の植民地と、属国の歴史 【朝鮮半島の統治国の歴史】

朝鮮の植民地と、属国の歴史 【朝鮮半島の統治国の歴史】 紀元前108年～220年：漢（植民地） 221年～245年：魏（植民地） 108年～313年：晋（植民地） 314年～676年：晋宋梁陳隋唐（属国） 690年～900年：渤海（属国） 1126年～1234年：金（属国） 1259年～1356年：モンゴル（属国） 1392年～1637年：明（属国） 1637年～1897年：清（属国） 1897年：��関条約により清の属国から開放される 1903年：ロシア朝鮮半島を南下。日本の尽力によりロシアの属国化を回避 1905年～1910年：日本（保護国） 1909年：早期併合に慎重であった伊藤博文内閣総理大臣が安 重根（アン・ジュングン）に暗殺される 1910年～1945年：日本（併合） 1945年～1948年：アメリカ（非独立） 1948年：大韓民国成立（アメリカ軍による朝鮮統治によって国家基盤が形成され成立） 1948年：軍事独裁政権誕生 1948年：済州島4.3事件 3万人虐殺 1950年：朝鮮戦争 400万人殺し合い 1950年：保導連盟事件 30万人虐殺 1951年：国民防衛軍事件 10万人虐殺 1951年：居昌事件 8500人虐殺 1979年：軍出身の大統領政権誕生 1980年：光州事件 600人虐殺 1993年：初の文民政権誕生 History of the colonies in Korea, and the history of the vassal states [History of the ruling countries of the Korean Peninsula]. 108 - 220 B.C.: Han Dynasty (colony) 221 - 245: Wei (colony) 108-313 B.C.: Jin (colony) 314-676: Jin Song Liang Chen Sui Tang (vassal state) 690-900: Balhae (vassal state) 1126-1234: Jin (vassal state) 1259-1356: Mongolia (vassal state) 1392-1637: Ming (vassal state) 1637-1897: Qing dynasty (belonged to China) 1897: Liberated from the Qing by the Treaty of Shimonoseki 1903: Russia moves south across the Korean peninsula. Avoids becoming a vassal state of Russia through the efforts of Japan 1905-1910: Japan (protectorate) 1909: Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, who was cautious about early annexation, is assassinated by Jung-geun Ahn. 1910-1945: Japan (annexed) 1945-1948: U.S. (non-independent) 1948: Establishment of the Republic of Korea (the foundation of the nation is laid by the U.S. military rule of Korea) 1948: Military dictatorship established 1948: Jeju Island 4.3 Incident: Massacre of 30,000 people 1950: Korean War: 4 million people killed 1950: Hodo Incident: 300,000 people massacred 1951: National Defense Force Incident: 100,000 people massacred 1951: Geochang Incident, massacre of 8,500 people 1979: Birth of military-born presidential administration 1980: Gwangju Incident: Massacre of 600 people 1993: First civilian government 한국의 식민지 역사와 속국의 역사[한반도 지배국의 역사]. 기원전 108 - 220년: 한나라(식민지) 221 - 245: 위(식민지) 기원전 108-313년: 진(식민지) 314-676: Jin Song Liang Chen Sui Tang(속국) 690-900: 발해(속국) 1126-1234: 진(가신국) 1259-1356: 몽골(속국) 1392-1637: 명나라(속국) 1637-1897: 청나라(중국에 속함) 1897년: 시모노세키 조약으로 청나라로부터 해방 1903년: 러시아가 한반도를 가로질러 남쪽으로 이동합니다. 일본의 노력으로 러시아의 속국이 되는 것을 피함 1905-1910: 일본(보호국) 1909년: 조기 합병을 경계했던 총리 이토 히로부미가 안중근에 의해 암살됨. 1910-1945: 일본(병합) 1945-1948: 미국(비독립) 1948년 대한민국 건국(미군정으로 건국의 기틀 마련) 1948년: 군사 독재 정권 수립 1948년: 제주도 4.3사변: 3만 명 학살 1950: 한국 전쟁: 400만 명 사망 1950년 호도사변 30만명 학살 1951년: 국방군 사변: 10만 명 학살 1951년 거창사변, 8,500명 학살 1979년: 군부 태생의 대통령 행정부 탄생 1980년: 광주사변: 600명 학살 1993: 최초의 민간 정부

[paintingafterpainting]

“Inkstone” in the Form of a Double-Headed Turtle

Han dynasty (206 B.C.–221 A.D.) or six dynasties period (220–589) , c. 3rd–5th century A.D.

China

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Tell me a story about Pandora.

Pandora, or "Pandora's box," is a popular name given to a small box, the nature of whose contents is a mystery.

Though they look something like these:

The name Pandora first appears in some reference to a box, in the fourth century BC.

"PANDORA's Box," as a term for the thing, is said to have originated with a young girl of Miletus. In a letter written to her family, the girl describes a box she has received from a merchant she does not name. It is a box, she says, of glass, with a small hole in the side. When opened, she hears the distant sound of music, like that of "a number of citharas, a lyre and a flute all in unison, and not unlike the melody of a number of Panes and the cithara, but more resonant."

But some have claimed that the name was first used a thousand years earlier, in a Chinese work of literature titled by the present translator "The Journey to the West."

"The 'Journey to the West,'" the translator writes in his notes, "is the name of the central plot of a number of tales that date back to before the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.) In one of these tales, an emperor receives a box full of magic from the East as a present. Opening the box, he finds that when he tries to eat it he becomes a pig, and when he tries to look out of it he becomes a horse. The only way he can get it back to the emperor is by using a magic mirror to return his body to its former form as a human. And even this can't do it, because what comes out of the mirror is a pig.

"Since the name of the story is 'The Journey to the West,'" the translator continues, "the modern title of the tale was understood to be 'Pandora's Box.' Thus the use of the name of the main plot to refer to a small box containing a mysterious substance."

The modern story of Pandora was told in the fifth century by Hesiod in his "Works and Days," and then in the tenth by Ovid in his "Metamorphoses."

According to the Hesiod account, Pandora was a mortal woman, the daughter of Prometheus. In her youth, she lived in luxury with the Olympian gods, her parents among them. Then one day, to their alarm, they saw her turn into a human girl. Hesiod's account is given in some detail:

"And the father of the gods and men [Prometheus] sent her as a bride to Epimetheus, the son of Pandora. And he came to her as a guest, leading her by the hand, to where his father Zeus, the son of Cronos, dwells. And he had set before him a mighty table inlaid with gold and silver, and all kinds of dainty foods. And on a great bed of cypress wood beside them was a cup, a mixing-bowl, a goblet, a mixing-horn, and a cup from the hands of Artemis. And he made her drink of the mixing-bowl and mix its contents together. Now, before them was a platter of savoury meat. And they began to eat and to take delight in one another's company.

[... ] And they saw the form of a girl in the shining gold of the cups and plates and shining metal. And they marvelled at her all over again because of her surpassing beauty, and they said to one another that in the world to come all human beings, mortal and immortal, would seem to her in all respects to be as these things were in the house of Zeus. And after they had left off eating, they were overcome with sleep.

And all through the night she lay there with her husband, and she was terrified and afraid, because of the great awe which had come upon her. And before them there was a shining board which had fallen with a clatter from the high table. And among all these things they saw the name of the woman Pandora, written in letters of gold, which was the first and last of all things, of mortal flesh and immortal. And Epimetheus saw it and laughed.

And then the lord Zeus had pity upon her, and he said: This is the girl who it was who gave me these things, and who was the cause why the wide earth is burdened with grief. And when he had said this, he bound his father under the earth with chains and bound his own chains on him, and he fell into darkness, as he was, with all his sons around him.

... They said, 'O father, do not be so harsh on your own children. Do not go out, and do not punish us in your anger. Let your wife share your anger and grief, and do not put to sea the whole race of man.' And he said, 'Forgive them. For I have not the power to withstand this rage, and I shall turn all things to fire and ashes. But spare, for your sake, the whole race of man, and do not hold them guilty, for they are innocent. For, even if they do not know it, let them know by our example that they should keep secret, until the time when the goddess of our father's realm will bear them to the end of the earth and over the sea, in her company.'

But he could not restrain the father of gods and men, and his wrath burned up and turned into a black, blazing flame. And he bound his own hands and feet and he chained his own legs and he stood upright, with a roar, and rushed at his own sons, all of them, and he lashed them. And he struck Ephialtes with a thunderbolt. And he struck Polydamas with a thunderbolt. And he struck Clytus, and Creon and Amphiaraus, and the third son of Cronos, Orpheus. And he set the house upon all his sons, but he could not stand there himself.

But he left the others where they were, and he went on a long way toward the east to the house of Hades, the king of the dead, and he said: 'Thou, lord of the shades, lord of darkness, thou son of Cronos, Hades, who ruleth the place of dead, wither and thy own sons, and my sons.' And Hades was furious at him and sent after him, death, the dread power of death, to lay hold of him and bring him back in chains.

When Ephialtes [Prometheus's eldest son] saw his father turn into a human form, he said, 'O father, O father of men! Do not turn back on us, for we ourselves are sons of thee, and we will follow thee into the houses of all the dead.' And then Hades drew near with the dread of death, lord of the silent realms, and he came up and clung to the hair of the son of Prometheus, the son of the father of gods and men, and he held him with both his hands. And at this moment the father of gods and men and mortals turned toward him, his back toward the earth and blazing fire, his hair ablaze and his face all in a flame. At the same time the lord of Olympus, far-seeing, shone into the hall, and then he said, 'O king of the house of Hades, where do thy own sons now dwell, who do you seek in the darkness of the

[huffneumann17]

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Pingyao Travel & Pingyao Tours - China Tour Information

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Standing Attendant (Tomb Figurine)

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C.

In Chu tombs, wood sculptures of men and women were placed in compartments surrounding the coffin. Natural weathering has accentuated the elegant attenuation of these figures. Some were constructed with separate forearms and hands, now lost, that were tenoned into small holes in their sleeves.

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10 Great Reasons To Visit Vietnam In 2009

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A Rare 2,000-Year-Old Sheep-Drawn Chariot Discovered Near China’s First Emperor

Only the sheep's skeletons remain, but such vehicles appear in Chinese lore.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what appears to be an ancient sheep-drawn chariot near the famous "Terracotta Army" in northwestern China.

The English-language website China Daily, which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party, reported that the remains were found in the "western tomb" at the site of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, a few miles northeast of the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province.

Archaeologist Jiang Wenxiao, who is leading the excavations of the tomb, told China Daily that the main structure of the chariot had rotted away after spending more than 2,000 years in the ground. (The mausoleum dates to the third century B.C.)

But the team did find a row of six sheep skeletons wearing accessories used for pulling a chariot, so they inferred this was a sheep-drawn chariot, Wenxiao said.

Drawn by sheep

Horse-drawn chariots and ox-drawn carts were common in ancient China, but a sheep-drawn chariot is an extremely rare find, Wenxiao said.

They appear in Chinese history, however, as well as in Chinese lore. The founder of the Western Jin dynasty, Emperor Wu (or Sima Yan), who ruled from A.D. 266 to 290, is said to have ridden in a sheep-drawn carriage around his palace complex every night and would sleep wherever the sheep stopped.

His practice may be the origin of the modern Chinese phrase "seeking luck in a sheep cart"; it's said the emperor had a harem of 10,000 wives, and this seems to have been Sima Yan's method of choosing among them.

Wenxiao presented the discoveries at the Fourth Congress of Chinese Archaeology, which was held in Xi'an in October, according to the state-owned website ECNS.cn.

The team hopes laboratory analysis on the western tomb's burial chamber, which is currently underway, will help them determine who was buried there, the report said.

Chinese chariots

In addition to the six-sheep chariot, archaeologists unearthed a four-wheeled wooden chariot, presumably drawn by horses, equipped with an ornate rectangular umbrella. It is the oldest of its type ever found, according to Wenxiao.

They also found a wealth of copper chariot and horse-related artifacts, as well as iron tools and copper weapons, providing new insight into the period when iron tools first began to appear.

The mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who ruled from 221 to 210 B.C. and is considered the first emperor of a united China, is spread over about 10 square miles (26 square kilometers) and took 38 years to complete. Three immense pits in the mausoleum site hold more than 8,000 life-sized sculptures that depict the emperor's soldiers and their horses — the so-called Terracotta Army.

By Tom Metcalfe.

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Fragment of a Vase Depicting Berenike II - Met Museum Collection

Inventory Number: 26.7.1016 Ptolemaic Period, 246–221 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt, Alexandria region; Probably from Alexandria

Description:

Ptolemaic oinochoai (wine-jugs) with portraits of the queens were libation vessels associated with the royal cult, most likely with the Arsinoeia, the festival established in honor of Arsinoe II.

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Europe fragmentation vs Chinese Unity

In fact, precisely because Europe was fragmented, Columbus succeeded on his fifth try in persuading one of Europe's hundreds of princes to sponsor him. Once Spain had thus launched the European colonization of America, other European states saw the wealth flowing into Spain, and six more joined in colonizing America. The story was the same with Europe's cannon, electric lighting, printing, small firearms, and innumerable other innovations: each was at first neglected or opposed in some parts of Europe for idiosyncratic reasons, but once adopted in one area, it eventually spread to the rest of Europe.

These consequences of Europe's disunity stand in sharp contrast to those of China's unity. From time to time the Chinese court decided to halt other activities besides overseas navigation: it abandoned development of an elaborate water-driven spinning machine, stepped back from the verge of an industrial revolution in the 14th century, demolished or virtually abolished mechanical clocks after leading the world in clock construction, and retreated from mechanical devices and technology in general after the late 15th century. Those potentially harmful effects of unity have flared up again in modern China, notably during the madness of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, when a decision by one or a few leaders closed the whole country's school systems for five years.

China's frequent unity and Europe's perpetual disunity both have a long history. The most productive areas of modern China were politically joined for the first time in 221 B.c. and have remained so for most of the time since then. China has had only a single writing system from the beginnings of literacy, a single dominant language for a long time, and substantial cultural unity for two thousand years. In contrast, Europe has never come remotely close to political unification: it was still splintered into 1,000 independent statelets in the 14th century, into 500 statelets in A.D. 1500, got down to a minimum of 25 states in the 1980s, and is now up again to nearly 40 at the moment that I write this sentence. Europe still has 45 languages, each with its own modified alphabet, and even greater cultural diversity. The disagreements that continue today to frustrate even modest attempts at European unification through the European Economic Community (EEC) are symptomatic of Europe's ingrained commitment to

disunity.

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The History of Psychiatric Care at Broadmoor Hospital

An In-Depth Look at the History of Psychiatric Care in Broadmoor Prison 

When you hear the term ‘insane asylum,’ what do you envision? The history of Hollywood movies has done a fantastic job at painting a picture of a foreboding, ivy-covered building that housed mentally ill individuals locked in padded rooms, drooling on themselves after their last round of electroshock therapy destroyed their ability to function. Unfortunately, up until the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, this was very accurate. For hundreds of years, mentally incapacitated individuals were often left at county psychiatric hospitals and prisons only to be forgotten by their friends and family; there was little to no understanding of the human psyche, and the idea of ‘mental illness’ was far from being understood. Due to this lack of understanding and compassion, an indistinguishable amount of patients died under the care of psychiatric doctors and nurses for symptoms as simple as ‘excitability or melancholy.’ It wasn’t until the drafting of the ‘Criminal Lunatics Bill’ in 1860 that there was a true shift in the proper treatment and understanding of mentally ill individuals; thus began the construction of England’s most notorious psychiatric hospital that housed some of the country's most violent offenders. 

Prior to the construction of Broadmoor, the mentally ill were confined within the grounds of prisons and county asylums; they were often put together in large groups in prison yards, regardless of the severity or cause of the mental illness. W.D. Hood, the superintendent of Bethlem Psychiatric Hospital and John Charles Bucknill raised concern to the public that the wretched conditions in which the humans were being kept would make treatment impossible. The grounds of Bethlem Hospital in which these patients were kept was referred to as ‘hell on earth’ and Hood himself quoted the author Dante “All hope abandon, ye who enter here” in reference to the hopeless conditions.  The ‘Criminal Lunatics Bill’ was soon passed as a way to protect the mentally ill and the construction of Broadmoor Hospital soon began. 

Broadmoor  was first officially opened in 1863; the building included a female block with a max capacity of 100 women and a men’s block that had six separate units with a max capacity of 400 men. The purpose of the separate cell blocks for the men was in order to classify and separate violent, dangerous offenders from offenders who were there for petty crimes. 

 When the doors first opened in 1863, Broadmoor only accepted 98 female patients. It wasn’t until the following year that 221 men arrived at Broadmoor Prison from England; 25% of these men were convicted murderers. Shockingly, though, roughly 40% of the women there were convicted murderers and of these murders, a majority of the women were there for harming or killing their children. Postpartum depression and Postpartum psychosis were not officially recognized as serious mental afflictions until the release of the DSM-4 in 1994. Therefore, for any women suffering from postpartum depression, they were not offered any semblance of help until after they had reached a crisis point. Doctors in the 1800’s and 1900’s referred to what we know as Postpartum depression as ‘Puerperal Disorders’ and described the symptoms as a total loss of interest in life, happiness, and their newborn child by women who were seemingly ‘normal’ before giving birth. When a newly postpartum mother was brought in with a ‘puerperal disorder,’ it was often recommended that she take hot baths, sleep, and was given complete isolation; essentially, doctor’s believed this disorder was caused by too much stimuli and stress following the trauma of childbirth and isolation would benefit a new mother. Clearly, there weren’t many benefits to this. Postpartum depression has been discussed for millenia; in 460 b.c., Hippocrates referred to this condition as ‘puerperal fever,’ with symptoms including mania, agitation, and delirium.  It wasn’t until the 21st century that physicians truly began to understand the causes of this debilitating disorder.

Broadmoor had a wide range of patients ranging from arsonists, burglars, and gangsters to rapists, murderers, and cannibals. Broadmoor held some of England’s most notorious criminals, one of the many reasons it earned such a reputation; Peter Sutcliffe, or better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, Robert Maudsley, better known as Hannibal the Cannibal and James Kelly, a possible suspect for Jack the Ripper were all housed here. James Kelly made an infamous escape on January 23, 1888 and was missing for nearly four decades before turning himself back in when his health started failing; he passed away two years after returning to Broadmoor. 

Despite its reputation for the extremely violent criminals it housed, Broadmoor was constructed in a time of heavy psychiatric pessimism and the doctors and nurses who worked in Broadmoor were truly trying to enact change. It was always the intention to rehabilitate these patients and in order to ensure this, the ‘Criminal Lunatics Bill’ required an annual check of how Broadmoor was being run by the Home Secretary as well as offered an appointed counsel of people to oversee various aspects of how Broadmoor was being run. 

William Orange, Broadmoor’s superintendent for the years of 1870 to 1876 is quoted saying:

“It cannot be lost sight of that one object with which patients have been sent to this asylum, is that they might receive such treatment as may be calculated to promote the recovery of their mental health.”

For the entirety of his time being Broadmoor Superintendent, Orange ensured that patients had access to recreation activities as well as provided patients the opportunity to work jobs that aimed at helping them become productive members of society. 

Over the decades, Broadmoor changed from superintendent to superintendent, but when referring to patient letters to their families at that time and doctor notes on their patients, it truly seems Broadmoor set the stage for stopping psychiatric pessimism in the Victorian Era. 

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt