战时中国民众的民族意识

National Consciousness of Chinese People During the War Period

抗日战争是一场前近代国家进行的民族保卫战争。日本的侵略及侵略战争伴随的暴力激发了中国民族意识的成长,是中国民族国家形成的重要催化剂。由于中国民族意识生长过程具有其本身的路径,民众民族意识的成长及其表现,和其他国家相比,既有共性,又有个性,这是观察中国民众的民族意识不可忽视的背景。战时中国民族意识的成长离不开抵抗侵略的努力,尤其是中共在敌后进行的抵抗,更和民族精神息息相关。

The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is a national defensive war conducted by apre-modern state.The Japanese aggression and the violence that ensued stimulated the growth of Chinese national consciousness and provided an important catalyst for the making of Chinese nation-state.Whereas,the growth of Chinese national consciousness had its own path.The growth of Chinese national consciousness and its expressed forms shared common traits with other countries’,but possessed its unique characteristics.This is the unnegligible context to observe Chinese people’s national consciousness.During the war time,the growth of Chinese national consciousness was inseparable with the efforts of resistance against Japanese aggression,especially the resistance lead by the Communist Party of China in the enemy’s rear areas,which was closely linked with Chinese national spirit.