夏商时期中原王朝的向外扩张和中原文化圈的拓展

The Outward Expansion of the Central Plains Kingdoms and the Development of the Central Plains Culture Circle in the Period of Xia and Shang Dynasties

夏王朝的建立奠定了中原华夏文化在全国的核心地位,其后的商周王朝对四方的扩张和征伐加快了四裔各族与华夏族的融合与同化,强化了中原地区与周边地区的文化交流与互动,致使中原华夏文化圈如同滚雪球般不断扩大。共同的经济生活与文化认同促进了中国各个地域、各个民族的文化融合,为秦汉的国家统一奠定了思想文化基础。本文利用文献与考古资料,从夏商时期中原王朝的向外扩张、中原与周边地区的文化交流两个方面,探讨当时中原文化圈向四方的扩展情况。

The founding of Xia Kingdom laid the kernel place of the Central Plains culture in the whole China. Afterward, the ex- pansion and fight of Shang and Zhou kingdoms accelerated the harmonization and assimilation of various border nations with those of the Central Plains and strengthened the cultural exchange and inter - promotion of the Central Plains with the their around places, which made the cultural circle successively expand. The common economic life and cultural approval promoted the cultural fusion of various regions and nations of China, which laid the idea and cultural foundation for the unity of the whole country made by Qin and Han dynas- ties. Making use of the concerned literature and archaeological data with regard to the outward expansion of the Central Plains kingdoms and the cultural exchange between the Central Plains culture and the border nations, this paper studies the condition when the central Plains culture out-expanded then.