试论中国疆域形成和发展的分期与特点

The Formation of China Territory and Its Historical Stages and Characters

本文在总结以往研究的基础上,对中国疆域形成和发展历程进行了分期研究,认为我们研究的"中国疆域"应该是指康熙二十八年(1689)《尼布楚条约》的签订到1840年鸦片战争爆发期间清朝的疆域。这一疆域的形成和发展大致经历了:自然凝聚时期,时间是从中华大地人类文明的出现,到《尼布楚条约》的签订;疆域明晰时期,时间是从《尼布楚条约》的签订到1840年鸦片战争爆发;列强的蚕食鲸吞时期,时间是从鸦片战争爆发到中华人民共和国成立;现代疆域巩固时期,时间从1949年中华人民共和国成立后至今。

This article studies the formation of China territory and its historical stages and characters,and the author argues the formation of China territory experiences three stages: the first period is the natural condensed period,from appearance of China civilization to the signature of Ni Buchu treaty(The treaty of Nerchinsk);the second period is from Ni Buchu treaty to opium war,in this stage,the territory of China became more clear;the third stage is after the found of new China,in this period,China territory was consolidated.