Why didn't foreign countries agree with Xia Dynasty?

As far as archaeological facts are concerned, there is no exact archaeological data to prove that the Xia Dynasty, as a state machine, existed in a large area of sites and cultural relics. As a symbol of a civilization, such as the emergence of a country, a class and a language, there is no definite factual evidence. There are no urban sites that reflect the life of the country and class (the urban population is concentrated, and the assets are graded), but the earliest words were produced in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Oracle bone inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, mostly in the form of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, which recorded divination and recorded the life of people in Shang Dynasty, and there were few historical records before Shang Dynasty.

According to the records of history and literature, the history before Shang Dynasty that we are familiar with is recorded by historical books or Confucian classics according to folklore, and these legends are very simple, and many details are created by literati, which is not as systematic as Greek myths and epics. In other words, these legends are not only untrue, but also not very systematic.

Judging from the comparison between eastern and western nationalities, this is also caused by the different thinking between eastern and western countries. It is a fact that westerners' philosophical reasoning and logical thinking are strong, and many places in China's ancient history cannot stand scrutiny. However, we in China have gained a sense of national self-esteem when we look at this issue. We have listened to fairy tales since childhood, and the history we know from textbooks also says so, so it is difficult for us to accept criticism from others. The Xia Dynasty did exist, because the development of civilization was not broken, but active and fluid. But from the western point of view, we came to a conclusion that no matter what we do, we must have factual evidence. While we are proud of our own civilization tradition, we should also learn to accept others' criticism of our civilization critically.

Another influencing factor is probably cultural identity. China really entered the eyes of westerners in the late Qing Dynasty, but it was only a hundred years, and it was only thirty years since he really saw the development of China after the reform and opening up. What do they know about China? After reading The Image of China, in fact, it is inevitable for westerners to look at China with a western thinking and not understand the China tradition, so our basic national self-confidence should not be reduced because of westerners' remarks.

In fact, the origin of our culture is the development of historical facts, and it will not change because of the advance and lag of our modern research. What if our civilization originated earlier or later than other civilizations, it will not affect our national self-confidence, because we are the best country to inherit and develop ancient civilization, if not the earliest. Our problem now is how to absorb nutrients from traditional culture, improve our quality of life spiritually and materially, and let us live a better life.