Mediterranean civilization and Chinese civilization under the perspective of the early state
July 12, 2019 10:30 Source: "China Social Sciences" Journal of Social Sciences July 12, 2019 Author: Xu Yihua

From a historical perspective,There are three main main areas of early civilization and national origin in the world,From the east to the west, the East Asian region centered on China,The South Asian secondary continent with India,Including the ancient two river basins、Ancient Egypt、Ancient Greece、Ancient Roman Rings Zhonghai area。Natural conditions in these three regions、Historical processes and cultural appearances have their own characteristics。

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Early civilization and state in the Central China Sea region mainly appeared in the two river basins and the Nile River Basin,That is, everyone is familiar。The geographical conditions of the two river basins and the Nile River Basin have similarities,All by the surrounding desert、Alpine、The river valley surrounded by the sea,It has strong closedability。It is this closedness,Makes the population and wealth in the valley without being easily dispersed,to form a high -density layout of population and wealth,Accelerated classification and social complexity,Make the river valley the earliest in the region of civilization and the country。In this relatively closed environment,Foreign influence is less,Once a certain social force obtain an advantageous position,It can maintain and continuously expand its own advantages,Developed into a monopoly force,The development process of leading society。The power to gain an advantage in society first is religion,Religion adopts the interpretation Bet365 app download of all things in the world and the rationality of social affairs,The central force of becoming social operation,Make civilization and state show strong religious colors and obvious divine rights characteristics during the origin and development of the country。

Ancient Egypt、Another feature of the environment where Babylon is located is that the surrounding environment is very complicated,There is a desert、Alpine、Sea and other regions,Natural conditions are very different,Among them, there are many people living and living。The production and living conditions in these areas are far more difficult than the river valley area,The valley has a strong attraction for the surrounding people,Surrounding people through trade、Migration and other methods enter the river valley,Population in the valley area、Wealth and beliefs are more concentrated,further promoted the complexity of population composition and social structure。At the same time,For the purpose of wealth or cope with natural disasters in the valley area,The military invasion of the surrounding population to the valley area often occurs。The crowds in the river valley rely on the natural resources and social organization advantages it own,I hope to obtain the surrounding resources with force,It will also invade the surrounding people。So,Early countries in these areas also showed obvious characteristics of advocating force and conquest。

With the increasing frequent conflict of force,Military force begins to become the existence of routine in the river valley,and began the dominance of competing with religion and society。Religion has the first advantage,Wirepower has an efficient advantage。If religious uses first advantage,Place force under your own control,Bet365 app download It constitutes religion -based、Military -supplemented divine -type countries; if force uses efficiency advantages,Convert religion into service itself,will form military -oriented、A supplemented by religious military -type countries。Comparison for comparison,Ancient Egypt and the Early River in Egypt and the Earlier of the Early River, the color of the national rights of the ancient two rivers is more obvious,Religious leadership is stronger,Almost all social activities are in the name of God,The highest leader is also the great priest and even it is God;,Military conquest to the outside world is even more common,So military colors are also very strong。The earliest countries in the Central China Sea region have strong religious colors and military colors,Always continue。

Ancient Greece、The Italian Peninsula and the Greek Peninsula in the ancient Rome,Lack of closed environment,Population and resources are easy to disperse,So the country appears late,until production、When military technology develops to a certain degree,Only started the nationalization process。Due to the lack of a closed environment,Religion has not been able to expand and form monopoly forces,The compulsory and high efficiency of military forces enters the national stage。In ancient Greece、Ancient Rome's origin and formation of formation,Military Forces dominate the operation of society,The country shows strong secularity,Religion is not as key as early countries in the early days of ancient Egypt and ancient regions。But religion still has a strong influence,Play an important role in daily life,Especially in terms of the rationality of providing social affairs, it is extremely valued。Ancient Greece、Ancient Rome also retained a strong bet365 Play online games military color and religious color,But with ancient Egypt、Ancient Liang River in the early days of different countries is,Ancient Greece、The role of military forces in ancient Roman society is obvious and more important。

It can be said,In various civilizations in the region of the ring area,Religious colors and military colors are traditional,Religion and military is the organizational force of social operations。European civilization as the main heirs of the Chinese sea civilization,The reason why Catholicism is generally accepted and the dual governance of the church and the king for a long time,It has its strong historical tradition。

  Chinese civilization people and ethical traditions for a long time

China's early state originated from Jinnan、The "Central Plains" area in western Henan,"Central Plains" is a group of basins located in the middle of the Yellow River。The north of this basin group is Linfen Basin, mainly based on the Fenhe River Valley,Southern to the Yuncheng Basin, which is mainly based on the Luohe Valley,Then to the south, it includes the Yellow River、Yihe、Luoyang Basin, including the Luohe Valley,From the Luoyang Basin to the west is the Guanzhong Basin, which is mainly based on the Wei River Valley,The rivers in these basins are injected into the Yellow River,Connect into a basin group through the river。

Combining literature with archeology can see,Yaudu Pingyang and archeological Temple sites in the literature,Just in Linfen Basin,Shun Du Pucha in the literature and the newly discovered Zhoujiazhuang site in the archeology,Just in the Yuncheng Basin,Yu Duyang City in the literature、The Site of the Xiaren and the archeological Wangchenggang site、Erlitou sites and the Yanshi Mall sites in the Yanshi and archeological Yanshi Mall in the literature are all in the Luoyang Basin,bet365 best casino games Taiwang in the literature、Wang Ji、Wangwang、Wu Wang and archeological Zhou Yuan、Feng Hao site is in Guanzhong Basin。That is from Yao、Shun、Yu to Xia、Business、Week,The core stage of the early Chinese countries is in this basin group in the middle of the Yellow River。

Early countries that originated from the ancient Egypt and the ancient river basin originated from the independent closedness of the river valley.,China's early country originated in a basin group consisting of a river connected by a broken terrain。So,China's early countries do not grow up continuously in the same region like the two civilizations mentioned above,Instead, there is an obvious secondary integration process。The social differentiation and complexity of the early state in China was completed separately in various pots,The crowd in each basin uses the superior production conditions of the basin and the relative closedness of the basin,Complete population、The proliferation and accumulation of wealth,Realize preliminary social differentiation,Enter the germination of the country; later,With the development of society and the expansion of the crowd,Independent basins can no longer accommodate,Communication between each basin、Conflict and integration continuously intensify,Finally integrated into a larger political entity,Enter the national stage。

Because the civilization of the political entities in different pots has developed to a considerable height,No one has an overwhelming power,No one can easily conquer each other,If you adopt a military method for social integration,The result may be that both defeats and cannot achieve the purpose。So,All parties tend to adopt a peaceful negotiation method for integration。For example, the Zen Jean bet365 live casino games system is the leader contracting method of the integration process of regional countries to cross -regional central dynasties。Peaceful cooperation generated by this、Choose Xian Ren Neng's thoughts and influence deep,It is very different from other civilization boasted force to advocate conquest。This has led to the military and conquest colors of the early Chinese and thought in China.。

At the same time,The game of the interests of all parties in the process of national integration,When expressing your own demands,Can't use religion's premier advantages in the original political entity to provide reasonableness,Instead, you must prove the credibility of the request to others、evidence and feasibility,This makes the pure faith、The role of difficult religion declines,The logic of the behavior and things that can be verified rises,Finally, the idea of ​​people -centered perspective。So,The religious colors of the early Chinese countries are very thin,There are obvious characteristics of humanistic,The reason why later generations can develop the ethical value system of Confucianism,It has a close relationship with the humanistic concept of people in the early state。

Ancestral worship and attention to history becomes an important feature of Chinese thought and culture,Therefore, a unique ancestor -oriented belief system has been developed and a developed historic system has been established very early,Provide interpretation and reasonableness for the society。Ancestral memory and history become an important source of current behavior rationality,This is also a big difference with other civilizations to focus on religion.。

Due to the re -integration of early Chinese countries,Breaking religion、The advantages of military ownership,Therefore,Instead of developing a dominant Bet365 app download society that combines religion and military,Its religious and military colors are relatively weak,and has obvious humanistic and ethical features。

(Author Unit: Institute of Ancient History Research Institute of the Chinese Institute of History)

Editor in charge: Cui Cen
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