The start of the first millennium coincided with the start (and rapid demise) of a new form of civil administration in China. Unfortunately it was to be the last such start for 2,000 years, until the arrival of the democratic era.
中國第一個千禧年正是最後一個文人統治的開端，可惜也是結束，直到民主時代的來臨，已過了兩個千年！