>>63942848
Absolutely retarded. This guys either a midwit in his field, or a sinophile. The Safavid Persians, Mughals, and Russians started fucking steppeshitters up HARD as soon as they got muskets and and gunpowder artillery. Shit, the Russians were really in near-constant warfare with tribes across a wider and harsher front than the Ming, and they still pushed into their territory, building tons of forts along the way.

The real reason the Chinese were so late adopting guns is the reason why they created the compass and still never sailed the vast seas: Confucianism.