It's not a coincidence that all great ancient empires were built by hyper-militaristic cultures. You achieve what you optimize for.
Maybe not as over the top as Rome or the Mongols, but the land of Sun Tzu was still a pretty militaristic culture.
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Before Song Dynasty perhaps, after Song, not so much.
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the elite and administrative class were literati rather than soldiers.
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At certain point yes, but the birth of China as we know it was the conclusion of the Warring States period. It involves a fair amount of book burning, if I remember correctly.
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