The Chinese Road in the Light of Historical Continuity  

作　　者：Xu Yong 

机构地区：[1]Center for Chinese Rural Studies of Central China Normal University

出　　处：《Social Sciences in China》2017年第2期5-20,共16页中国社会科学（英文版）

摘　　要：The Chinese road has deep historical roots. Its most striking feature is that it is marked by historical continuity rather than rupture, and the main force behind this continuity is its intrinsic dynamism and vitality. Unlike the paradigm of Eurocentrism or ＂Discovering History in China,＂ the comparative analytical paradigm discovers China through long-term comparisons with corresponding countries in the same time and space in an effort to find positive elements in the history of the Chinese road and to refute the long prevalent theory of Chinese stagnation. Seen over the course of world history, the impetus for the creation of the world＇s most brilliant agrarian civilization was endogenous. This impetus was not a momentary ＂explosive force＂ but a sustainable institutional drive whose main constituents were the independent farming household, endogenous government capacity and adaptive national governance. In addition to the main theme of ＂permanent change,＂ Chinese development had a secondary theme of ＂cyclical change＂ which cannot be ignored. The roots of Chinese development are buried deep in the genes of this agrarian nation in the form of sticky institutions, bureaucratic inertia, arbitrary power, etc. Historical continuity provided a foundation for China＇s creative revolution and development in modern times, ultimately laying down a socialist development road with Chinese characteristics, although this remains an unfinished relay process.中国道路有着深厚的历史根基，其鲜明的特点是历史延续性而不是断裂性，而延续性的主要力量在于内在的动力与活力。与西方中心主义和“在中国发现历史”的范式不同，在比较中发现中国的分析范式将中国与同一时空下的世界相应国家进行长时段比较，以发现中国道路历史底蕴中的积极元素，否定长期流行的中国停滞论。从世界历史进程看，推动创造出世界上最为灿烂的农业文明的动力主要来自于农耕国家内部。这种动力不是那种瞬间的“爆发力”，而是一种可持续的制度化动力，主要包括自主性的家户农民、内生性的政府能力和调适性的国家治理。中国发展在“持久性变革”主旋律之外，也有不可忽视的“周期式变动”的副线。其深刻的根源同样隐藏在农耕国家的内在基因之中，包括制度粘性、官僚惰性和权力任性等。历史延续性为近代以来的中国以创新性的革命和发展提供了基础，并由此最终形成中国特色社会主义发展道路，尽管这一道路仍然是未了的接力过程。

关 键 词：Chinese road historical continuity INSTITUTIONALIZATION agrarian civilization 

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