Donghu: Courage and Cooperation

Posted on 10th of November 2014
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==Transcript==
Before the Mongols, there were the Donghu
Now, they were referred to
in school as proto-Mongolic, but this kinda makes them sound like
a minor league club just waiting to get called up to the majors.
This could not be further from the truth. The Donghu
were all-stars long before the Khans came into power.
These paladins of the steppe were not only
unequalled in their courage, they were fantastically innovative,
inventing combat tactics that would be emblematic of the Mongolian warriors
that followed.
They were also one of the first to employ
the concept of a federation, pulling together
many small tribes to form a more tight-knit supergroup, and this
is where the Donghu's Truth comes into play. Their individual wizardry as
horseback juggernauts would have been meaningless
without their devotion to the spirit of cooperation.
Cooperation is what drove them.
It's what sustained them, what made them fair
and fearsome. Instead of the
corrupted individualistic chaos
we see today, the Donghu put the common good
before all else. But...
their greatest strength was also their undoing.
How were the Xiongnu able to conquer such a
cohesive group of hyper-
courageous battlemasters? Well...
When one Donghu fell
the rest were soon to follow.
These
are the perils of such a wholly integrated system.
The truth of the Donghu story can relate
to all of us, students. We can do great things
if we stand undivided in the face of aggressive opposition.
But one weak link in the chain
can be catastrophic, so we must be vigilant,
unified. We must work together to protect the Truth.
Only then will we see its wisdom
rise from the ashes.
Until next time...
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