中华民族自在实体形成和发展若干问题

Some Issues about the Forming and Development of Entity of Chinese Nation

中华民族自在实体经历了几千年的演变,有其特定生存空间,并基本呈由中原这一中心向四周扩散的趋势,形成了远近有别的“天下体系”,在强调天下一统、华夷一家的同时,也有夷夏之辨。在宗法社会中个人及社会分层同样也存在远近有别的差序格局。这是中华民族自在实体长期存在的内在原因。

The entity of Chinese nation has experienced thousands of years with its special living space. The general direction of the forming of the entity of Chinese has the character from the central part expanded gradually to the other part around. Thus the entity Chinese nation formed the system that treated the central part quite different from those around. While stressing a unified Chinese nation, there were debates between mainstream and ethnic minorities in the history. There was also difference in individual and social class with the central or bordering part in that kind of society. This is the inner cause for the long existence of the Chinese entity .