Thank you to the developers for paying attention to the players’ demands. Although this is still not a good name (not even as good as the Jade Empire, at least the former is the faction name,the new name sounds like the title of a story or the preface to a historical campaign, rather than the name that a faction should have), Compared to the other three variant civilizations, Zhu Xi sounds like a DLC theme name.
Any abstract nouns and adjectives are not suitable. My suggestion is to directly name them with specific dynasties, military titles that have existed in history, or even academic factions. There were quite a few such materials during the Song and Ming dynasties.
I don’t think it’s contradictory, macro Song/Ming dynasties. The other is the micro Song/Ming Dynasty.
Just like there are both Mongolia and Yuan dynasties in the game.
In the current version of the game, “CHINESE” is more like a multi-ethnic and comprehensive China, with both Han and grassland ethnic characteristics. “Mongolia” highlights grassland style, while the new variant civilization highlights more pure Han Confucian characteristics.
Then the well-known “Yue Fei’s Army” or Northern Expeditionary Army in China is actually a better choice.
Yue Fei’s army has a high reputation in Chinese history, and there are countless folk stories related to it. Almost no Chinese person does not know him, and Yue Fei himself is also one of the most typical military generals in Chinese culture, even being regarded as the “Martial Saint” named after Guan Yu.
By the way, Yue Fei’s army was one of the few powerful cavalry units in the Southern Song Dynasty, equipped with heavy armored infantry and crossbows as the main force, which were typical characteristics of the Southern Song army. In addition, there was a little-known feature, which was that the Song Dynasty court allowed the army to engage in business on its own, and Yue Fei’s army was one of the best performing businesses among them.
Zhu Xi was an official and philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty. His reputation in China is very poor. Some criticize him for attempting to suppress human nature with hypocritical moral standards, while others criticize him and Confucianism for their prejudice and oppression of women. In addition, as a civil servant, Zhu Xi’s military connection with the Song Empire is clearly limited.
Of course, this does not necessarily mean that the variant Chinese refers to the Song Dynasty, as Zhu Xi’s ideas only began to flourish during the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
The Yuan Dynasty itself had a certain overlap with Mongolia, so it lacked characteristics to be applied.
The most famous and influential general of the Ming Dynasty was Qi Jiguang. His military tactics against Japanese pirates in the south and against Mongolia in the north were very successful. Most of the Great Wall we see now was built under Qi Jiguang’s leadership, and Qi Jiguang is even considered the “Morris of the East”. Indeed, the two were very similar in their military and tactical ideas. Qi Jiguang’s series of military works also had a profound impact on the military of Korea at that time and later the Qing Dynasty.
The Song and Ming dynasties respectively represented the two most typical military images of the Chinese military during the Middle Ages.
Typical Song Dynasty army (corresponding to the Chain Armor era in Europe during the same period):
Typical Ming Dynasty army (corresponding to the plate armor era in Europe during the same period):
Ming Dynasty and Japan Fighting in Korea