The Origination and Formation of Chinese Civilization  

作　　者：Jianye HAN Min HU 

机构地区：[1]School of History,Renming University,Beijing 100872 [2]School of Foreign Studies,Minzu University of China,Beijing 100081

出　　处：《Journal of the Chinese Nation Studies》2023年第1期5-21,共17页中华民族共同体研究（英文）

基　　金：the key project of the National Social Science Foundation"Study on the Civilization Process of Early China from the Eurasian Perspective"(18ZDA172);the key project of Source of China and Songshan Civilization Research Committee in Zhengzhou"The Regional Pattern Study on the Origination of Early Chinese Civilization".

摘　　要：The Chinese civilization is a highly developed,long-standing and comprehensive entity,materially,spiritually and institutionally created by the Chinese nation.Around 6000 BC,Early China in the cultural sense bears its root,marking the first stage of the origin of Chinese civilization.Around 4000 BC,Early China in the cultural sense formally takes shape,marking the second stage of the origin of Chinese civilization.Around 3100 BC,with the emergence of Chinese civilization,the stage of the Archaic State begins.Around 2100 BC,Early China enters the stage of the Dynastic State.Chinese civilization,with its universalistic cosmology and united structure,is of a unique"Tianxia(all under heaven)civilization"pattern.The"Tianxia civilization"patern,together with other cultural genes such as ritualism,ancestral worship,sincerity,benevolence,and coexistence of all in harmony,is the root cause for the continuous development of Chinese civilization to date.

关 键 词：Chinese civilization Early cultural China Chinese nation Tianxia civilization United structure 

分 类 号：K878[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]