bet365 live casino games Foreign Studies have their unique discipline traditions。From the late Qing Dynasty、The Republic of China is descended，The question of "when does Chinese diplomacy originate"，History、The international legal community and the diplomatic community have proposed the Xia Dynasty theory、Shang Dynasty said、Spring and Autumn said that four types of opinions with the late Qing Dynasty。With the increasing importance to "sovereign countries" with modern political research，Diplomacy as an ancient political activity，Daily increasingly limited and narrowed by the concept of "sovereign country"，so that for a period of time，The Spring and Autumn Union will be removed from the field of vision of diplomatic research。But trace the source，The beginning of diplomatic activities is obviously earlier than the Westpulia system; no matter from the perspective of history，Tradition of Discipline，Still the development direction of the current discipline，Studies on the origin of Chinese diplomatic origin，None of the "sovereign state" theory should not be affected，and should be expanded according to the definition of "diplomatic" activities itself。Ancient China since the beginning of the spring and autumn，That is, a mature diplomatic tradition has been formed。During the Spring and Autumn Period of the vassal states，Although closely related to the symbol of the "kingship"，But from the characteristics of the behavioral structure between the vassals，The Spring and Autumn League should be regarded as a powerful hypothesis for China's diplomatic origin。

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Author Zhu Xiaoluo，Associate Researcher at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University (Shanghai 200433)。?