从周礼与基督教看中国与西欧历史的走向

On Historical Trend of China and Western Europe from the Aspect of Zhou Rite and Christianity

意识形态上的特色是影响中国和西欧历史走向的一个重要因素。在中国西周，有着高度权威性与神圣性的礼在封建形成的过程中起到了增强人们的凝聚力、促进国家统一的作用；而在西欧中世纪，基督教虽曾向人们展示过建立统一大帝国的前景，但最多的是作为王权的对立面而出现的，其结果只能是进一步妨碍了统一民族国家的形成。

Social ideology is also an important aspect influencing the historical trend of China and Western Europe. In the Zhou Dynasty of China, the highly authoritative and holy Rite played an important role in cohering people and promoting unity of the nation in the development of feudal system, while in the Middle Ages in Western Europe, Christianity appeared as the rival of the King's power and hindered the forming of a united nation though it had promised the probability of establishing a united empire.