文化与民族成员体质特征的适应性探讨

Cultural Adaptation to National Members’Mainstream Physical Characteristics

民族与人种是两个完全不同的概念,民族是文化规约下的人群,人种则是体质特质相似的人,生活在一定地域的人群均会受到这两个因素的影响。由于体质特征是人与生俱来的生物属性,在民族文化的建构过程中会对成员中的固有体质做出一定的适应并加以利用。当一个民族中有多人种体质并存时,该民族的文化适应往往是以人数最多的群体特征为适应对象,以确保民族文化得到稳定延续。但民族成员间的体质差异必然还会引发各式各样的社会矛盾。对待这些矛盾,只有通过民族成员间的宽容才能化解。

Nation and Race are completely different in concept.For nation,it refers to the group under cultural norms;for race,it’s the people who share similar qualities.Both have been shown in world’s peoples.Physical feature,as a specific biological fact,is inherent biological property.Because of this,national culture is certain to be referred to the inherent physical adaptation to its members during the process of adaption.As a result,if there is coexistence of diverse physical races,the cultural adaptation in this nation can only take the largest number of group characteristics as the adapting object.After national culture being continued steadily,physical differences among national members will inevitably cause all kinds of contradictions.In this case,neither culture,nor juridical logic can solve this problem.Only through tolerance among national members can such social contradictions be resolved.