A second lesson is the danger of hubris, for China concluded it had nothing to learn from the rest of the world - and that was the beginning of the end.
A second lesson is the danger of hubris, for China concluded it had nothing to learn from the rest of the world - and that was the beginning of the end.
教训之二是要避免狂妄自大。当时的中国认为无须向外国学习——中国的衰败也就从此开始了。