Problems Regarding Chinese Culture Group

[Feng Zehui]

I noticed that the Main culture of Ming is Jianghuai. And there is a culture in Beijing called "Zhili". This is quite historically inaccurate because Zhili is not a culture, but a governing method. "Zhi" in Chinese means direct, and "Li" means Belong to. So Zhili basically means "Directly belong to the Central government and the Emperor ", which is usually the capital of the country.

During Ming dynasty, both Nanjing and Beijing are capitals, and both of them are Zhili (Nanjing as the economic capital; Beijing for national defense purpose). However, people in Nanjing had different culture from People in Beijing. In addition, say that you moved you capital from Beijing to Luoyang, then Luoyang would have become Zhili, and Beijing would've been demoted to a normal city.

I think Zhili should be removed from the Chinese Culture Group, since it is not really a type of culture. In the starting of 1444, Nanjing, Beijing and all their surrounding cities (Suzhou, Yangzhou, Shaoxing, etc) are "Zhili".

 

[DarkBlue]

Would Jiangnan be better?

 

[Aythne]

I noticed that the Main culture of Ming is Jianghuai. And there is a culture in Beijing called "Zhili". This is quite historically inaccurate because Zhili is not a culture, but a governing method. "Zhi" in Chinese means direct, and "Li" means Belong to. So Zhili basically means "Directly belong to the Central government and the Emperor ", which is usually the capital of the country.

During Ming dynasty, both Nanjing and Beijing are capitals, and both of them are Zhili (Nanjing as the economic capital; Beijing for national defense purpose). However, people in Nanjing had different culture from People in Beijing. In addition, say that you moved you capital from Beijing to Luoyang, then Luoyang would have become Zhili, and Beijing would've been demoted to a normal city.

I think Zhili should be removed from the Chinese Culture Group, since it is not really a type of culture. In the starting of 1444, Nanjing, Beijing and all their surrounding cities (Suzhou, Yangzhou, Shaoxing, etc) are "Zhili".

Thank you for this post. I'm assuming Paradox doesn't have that many Mandarin speakers in their office, so it's often down to the community to find errors such as these that slip through the cracks.

If you register your game on these forums, you can post this in the Suggestions forums, which will get you noticed. But what the hell, I'll annoy History Wizard @Trin Tragula and maybe get his attention.