基于中华民族共同体意识溯源的大一统思想研究

Study of Thought of“Great Unification”:Tracing the Origin of the Sense of Community of the Chinese Nation

中华民族共同体意识有着深厚的历史渊源,早在封建社会时期统治阶级就以大一统理念为精神内核强调多民族国家的统一。这一历史传统不仅诠释了中国这一多民族国家的治理经验和思路,也彰显了中华民族凝聚力的历史根源,为中华民族共同体的构建提供了宝贵的思想资源,超越了西方“民族—国家”的理论范式,形成了中国特色的多民族国家建设理论。从“华夷之辨”到“华夷一统”,从政治统一体到大一统思想的形成是中华民族共同体的早期孕育。经过先秦、秦汉魏晋、隋唐至宋辽夏金、元明清时期的思想发展与内涵流变,加强了大一统思想与中华民族共同体意识的内在逻辑,使其作为中华民族共同体意识的思想源头,为当前铸牢中华民族共同体意识提供了心理结构、情感支撑和价值能动。

The sense of community of the Chinese nation has a profound historical origin.As early as the feudal society,the ruling class emphasized the unity of multi-ethnic countries with the Confucian concept of“Great Unification”as its spiritual core.This historical tradition not only interprets the governance experience and ideas for the multi-ethnic country,but also demonstrates the historical roots of the cohesion of the Chinese nation.It provides valuable ideological resources for the construction of the community of Chinese nation,surpasses the Western“nation-state”theoretical paradigm,and forms a theory of multi-ethnic state building with Chinese features.From“to distinguish between Huaxia tribes and foreign clans”to“the unity of Huaxia and other tribes”,from political unity to the unity of ideology,all this gives the birth to the community of the Chinese nation.With the development and changes of connotation from Pre-Qing Period to the Qing Dynasty,thought of“great unification”finally becomes the ideological origin and provides psychological structure,emotional support and value energy to forge the sense of community of the Chinese nation at present.