古代中国“国家统一”的历史遗产和历史传统

The Historical Heritage and Tradition of Ancient China's "State Unification

1949年以来的中华人民共和国时期,是四千多年有明晰纪年的中华文明史上继夏商周、秦汉、隋唐、元明清以后的第五个"大统一"时期。当代中国"国家统一"大业,是在继承古代中国和近代中国"国家统一"的历史遗产和历史传统的基础上向前推进的。自"王朝国家"至"民族国家"的近四千年的古代中国的中华文明史,有四个大统一的时期,统一时间近两千七百年;有三个大分裂的时期,分裂时间为一千二百多年。古代中国的"分分合合"积淀了政治、经济、文化"大一统"的"超稳定结构",一次次分裂又一次次统一,自小统一至大统一,至封建社会"谢幕"之清朝时期达到"大团圆"的鼎盛,为近代中国(中华民国)和当代中国(中华人民共和国)留下了一份沉甸甸的"国家统一"的历史遗产和历史传统。

The People's Republic of China is the fifth grand unification period after Xia-Shang-Zhou dynasties, Qin-Han dynasties, Sui-Tang dynasties, and Yuan-Ming-Qing dynasties in the history of over 4 000 year Chinese civilization with written records. The contemporary China's national unification is advanced forward on the base of the heritage and tradition of ancient China and modern China's unification. There are four unification periods in the Chinese civilization history of over 4 000 years from the dynastic state to nation state, and unification time is proximately 2 700 years. The time that states split can be divided into three periods of the more than 1 200 years. The history of state separation and unification of ancient China has deposited an 'ultra-stable' structure of political, economical and cultural uniform. The history of being unified and split again and again, from partial to overall unification until Qing dynasty, the last dynasty of feudalistic society, which had reached the peak of unification. The history of state unification has handed down a heavy heritage and tradition to its successors, the modern Republic of China and the contemporary People's Republic of China.