边疆、民族与国家:对拉铁摩尔“中国边疆观”的思考

Border, Nationality and State: Studies on Chinese Frontier Concepts of Lattimore

本文对美国著名的汉学家欧文·拉铁摩尔的中国边疆理论进行了探讨,认为拉铁摩尔的中国边疆理论高度重视历史上牧业社会的重要性,改变了以农业社会为中心的中国史思考维度。特别是拉铁摩尔从中国内部文化—族群的多样性视角,通过分析牧业社会和农业社会在长城这一中间过渡地带的竞争、共生与统一的关系,开启了文化多元主义中国的历史思想取向,对中国疆域理论的建设具有重要启示作用。

This article discusses Chinese frontier concept of Lattimore, an American famous sinologist. The concept puts a high value on the importance of stockbreeding society, which has changed the Chinese history thinking angle that centers on agricultural society. Lattimore inspires the multi-culturalism of Chinese historical thought, which offers important enlightenments to Chinese frontier concepts theory.