我们是谁:对中华民族的再认识

Who are We:Recognition of the Chinese Nation

中华民族作为一个宏大的社会历史存在,其本质体现于多个方面。首先,中华民族具有悠久而深厚的历史基础,却是经过现代构建才具今天的形态,因而是一个现代民族;其次,中华民族的现代构建在中华人民共和国成立时最终完成,并与现代国家有机结合在一起,具有了国家形式,因而是一个国家民族;再次,中华民族的形成既符合现代民族形成的一般规律,又依凭特定历史文化造成的因素,因而是一个复合民族;最后,中华民族既蕴涵现代民族所具有的国民性机制,又蕴涵着悠久的历史文化造就的族际性机制,因而成为一个蕴涵多种机制的民族。这样的中华民族就是一座历史-文化-政治资源的宝库,曾在中华现代国家的构建中发挥了关键性作用,也将在今天的国家治理和国家发展中发挥根本性的作用。

As a grand social and historical existence,the essence of the Chinese nation is embodied in many aspects.First of all,the Chinese nation has a long and profound historical foundation,but it is only after modern construction that it has today’s form,so it is a modern nation.Secondly,the modern construction of the Chinese nation was finally completed when the founding of new China,and organically combined with the modern state,with the form of a state,so it is a nation.Thirdly,the formation of the Chinese nation not only conforms to the general law of the formation of modern nations,but also depends on the specific historical and cultural factors,so it is a composite nation.Finally,the Chinese nation contains not only the national mechanism of the modern nation,but also the inter ethnic mechanism created by the long history and culture,so it has become a nation with multiple mechanisms.Such a Chinese nation is a treasure house of historical,cultural and political resources,which has played a key role in the construction of China’s modern country,and will also play a fundamental role in today’s national governance and development.