“大一统”思想——中华民族历史发展的主线

The “Great Unification” Thinking——Master Line of the Historical Development of Chinese Nation

“大一统”思想、相对隔离的自然地理空间以及“天下观”,共同构成了中华民族历史演变、发展和共同性、统一性不断聚集的主线。“大一统”是中华民族共同性的重要思想体系,中华民族的“天下观”和自然地理空间是这个思想体系的重要支撑。“大一统”思想的主要内涵包括“文化一统”“政治一统”“天下(地域)一统”和“民族一统”,其中“文化一统”是关键一环,同时各因素互相影响,共同推动了中华民族的历史发展。儒家将“和”文化引入到“天下”的民族、政治、社会关系中,使之成为“天下观”的主要内涵和“大一统”思想的精神基础。

“Great unification”and a relatively isolated natural geographical space,together with“tianxia vision”,constitute the master line of the evolution and development of Chinese nation history as well as the accumulation of commonality and unity.“Great unification”is a significant ideology for the community of Chinese nation,and“tianxia vision”and that natural geographical space serve as a crucial pillar of this ideology.The connotation of“great unification”is to be“culturally unified”,“politically unified”,“geographically(regionally)unified,”and“ethnically unified”,among which“culturally unified”is the key element.In the meantime,all these elements influence each other and push forward the development of Chinese nation.The Confucianism introduces the idea of“he(和,harmony)”into ethnic,political,and social relations,which then becomes the major implication of“tianxia vision”and the spiritual foundation for“great unification”thinking.