On the Formation,Continuation,and Contemporary Enlightenment of the Centralized System in Ancient China  

作　　者：Li Wencai 

机构地区：[1]School of Social Development,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225002,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of History in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2023年第4期421-442,共22页中国高等学校学术文摘·历史学（英文版）

基　　金：National Social ScienceFoundation“Major Research Program of the Chinese Academy of History”(20@WTH006).

摘　　要：The centralized system in ancient China originated from patriarchal cooperative agriculture in the pre-national era.The centralized system of government was established in the Xia,Shang,and Zhou“kingship power”era.In the“imperial power”era from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty,the authoritarian centralized system with imperial power as the core was increasingly strengthened.The evolution from“kingship power”to“imperial power”was an inevitable trend of China's historical development,and the centralized power system had also been strengthened.As a dominant ideology,the thought of“Great Unity”provided a theoretical cornerstone for the centralized system in ancient China;the centralized system in ancient China provided the institutional guarantee for the official status of the idea of“Great Unity”.The system of centralization has been continuous in Chinese history,perfectly adaptable to Chinese traditional society,and interchangeable with the idea of“Great Unity,”providing an ideological basis and institutional guarantee for the formation,continuation,and development of a unified multi-ethniccountry in China.The thought of“Great Unity”and centralization are the common values of the Chinese nation,which can provide useful reference for the current road of modernization.

关 键 词：centralized system “Great Unity ”kingship power era imperial power era MODERNIZATION 

分 类 号：K20[历史地理—历史学]