丝路交往:中国器物与非洲镜原

Exchanges along the Silk Road:Chinese Goods and the Mirror Images of Africa

在全球史视野下,丝路交往是全球交往的典型样态。在中非丝路交往中,移民及其财富追求与城邦崛起是中非丝路交往发生的基础。朝贡、贸易和游历成为中非丝路交往的主要方式。流动的中国器物以特有的"物的表达"和"匠的精神"传递给非洲民众造物理念、审美思想和人文精神。非洲民众对中国器物及其技艺的接受不仅激活了他们艺术创造的冲动与智慧,还创生了新的艺术式样和文明生态。从传播至非洲的中国器物身上,不仅能映射出非洲的社会结构、宗教信仰及其艺术思想,还能映射出非洲民众对中国文明的接纳与转换,显示出古代中非文明互鉴的历史经验与交往逻辑。澄明此论,对当代全球国家治理以及处理国际关系具有启发意义。

From the perspective of global history,the Silk Road is a typical form of global ex-changes.In the exchanges along the Silk Road between China and Africa,Islamic immigrants and their pursuit of wealth and the rise of city-states have been the basis of the exchanges along the Silk Road between China and Africa;and tributes,trade and travels have become the main forms of exchanges along the Silk Road between China and Africa.The unique"material expression" and"craftsmen's spirit"of Chinese goods have conveyed to the African people the creation ideas,aesthetic thoughts and humanistic spirit.The African people's acceptance of Chinese goods and craftsmanship has not only activated their impulse and wisdom in artistic cre-ation,but also created new artistic styles and civilization ecology.The Chinese goods spread to Africa can reflect not only the social structure,religious beliefs and artistic thoughts of Africa,but also the African people's acceptance and transformation of Chinese civilization,which has demonstrated the historical experience and exchanges logic of mutual learning between Chinese civilization and African civilizations.To clarify this theory,it is of enlightening significance to the contemporary global governance and the handling of international relations.