A New Study on the Chinese Ethnic Thought during the Spring and Autumn Period
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政治科學論叢, 39, 085-158
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
39
Pages
085-158
Date Issued
2009-03
Date
2009-03
Author(s)
Chang, C.S.
Abstract
This article intends to challenge two prevalent views regarding the Chinese ethnic concepts during the Spring-Autumn period. According to the first view, certain ethnic consciousness (the "Zhuxia consciousness") has appeared in the Spring-Autumn period. According to the second view, the main distinction between Zhuxia and Man, Yi, Rong, Di is one between the civilized and the barbarian. Against the first view, the author argues that the term Zhuxia had little ethnic connotation but instead referred to certain political group. Although members of this political group did have certain concept of belonging to the same group, such concept fell short of developing into an ethnic consciousness. Against the second view, the author argues that the main connotation of the terms Man, Yi, Rong, Di during the Spring-Autumn period was "outsiders" rather than "barbarians" or "secondary peoples". To the people of Zhuxia, the major distinction between Zhuxia and Man, Yi, Rong, Di was not so much that between the civilized and the barbarian as that between "outsiders" and "insiders".
Subjects
族群；春秋時期；諸夏；蠻夷戎狄；內外；Ethnicity；Spring-Autumn Period；Zhuxia；Man, Yi, Rong, Di；Outsider,
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