夷夏之辨与近代中国资产阶级革命派——中国政治文化研究之三

The Debate on China-foreign Differences and the BourgeoisRevolutionaries in Modern China——Section Three on China's Political Culture

夷夏之辨是传统的政治理念。19世纪末顽固派以此作为拒绝向西方学习的挡箭牌 ,对历史发展起着阻碍作用。20世纪初革命派以此为推翻清廷统治的思想武器 ,对历史发展起着促进作用。夷夏之辨 ,是决定近代中国政治思潮演变的主旋律 ,是全方位理解近代中国政治、经济、军事、教育。

Differences between the Han nationality and those minorities is a traditional political concept in the ancient China. On one hand, the conservatives took the advantages of it (here it has been transferred to the debate of differences between China and foreign nations since the mid 19th century) as an excuse for China not to learn from the west, which is really an obstacle to the development of history in the 19th century. But on the other hand, the idea was also a contributor to the revolutionaries for them to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in the early 20th century, which enhanced the development of history. Thus, in the modern China, it is the idea about differences between China and foreign nations which decides the evolution trend of political thoughts, and decisively affects people's comprehensive understanding of politics, economy, military, education as well as academic ideas in China.