民族国家建构的中国经验和理论贡献——从“中华民族”到“中华民族共同体”的话语转变

Experience and Theoretical Contribution to the Nation Building from China——Discourse Change from“Chinese Nation”to“Chinese Nation Community”

经过晚清以来一个多世纪的反复实践和理论探索,中国找到了独具特色的民族国家建构新模式,即从过去的“同质性”建构走向多元一体思维下的“关系性”建构。围绕“中华民族”到“中华民族共同体”的话语转变这条线索,透过晚清、民国和新中国各个时期对“中华民族”一词的表述变化来展示中国进行民族国家建构的思路变化,并以此阐释“中华民族共同体”这一新概念的形成过程和理论意义。

After more than a century of repeated practice and theoretical exploration since the late Qing Dynasty,China has found a new model of nation-state construction with unique characteristics,that is,from the past“homogeneity”construction to the“relationship”construction under the thinking of pluralism and integration.This paper centers on the clue of the discourse change from“Chinese nation”to“Chinese Nation Community”,through the late Qing Dynasty,the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China in each period of the term“Chinese Nation”to show the changes of the concept of nation building.It also explains the formation process and theoretical significance of the new concept of“Chinese Nation Community”.