天下观念与华夷边界:从先秦到秦汉的认识转变

"天下观念"与"华夷之辨"是先秦以来以华夏为中心认识和看待华夷地域差异与文化区别的重要思想基础,其目的是为了保证当时"天下"秩序的稳定和中原华夏文化的优势地位。秦汉时期,随着王朝"大一统"的实现,"天下"真正变成了由"夏"和"夷"组成的二元结构。在这一背景下,汉代古文及今文学家在先秦天下观的基础上又分别对其做了新的补充和铨释,从而完成了认识上的重大的转变。

The Concept of the World and the Boundary between the Huaxia Area and the Minority Area: A Change in Understanding from the Pre- Qin Period to the Han Dynasty

The concept of the world and the distinction between the Huaxia group and the minority groups were major concepts since the Pre-Qin period that regarded Huaxia as the center for guaranteeing the order of the world and the superiority of Huaxia culture of the Central Plains.In the period of the Qing and Han dynasties,the unification of China made the world composed of the Xia group and minority groups.In the Han dynasty,the scholars concerned gave some new interpretations of this concept,thus,a great change ...