论新石器时代中原文化的历史地位

可能是由于受气候环境周期性变化的制约,新石器时代中原化的实力、内部统一性和对外化关系呈现出2000年左右的周期性变化。正是在这种周期性的变化过程中,中原化得以呈螺旋式发展壮大,“中国相互作用化圈”的范围由小到大、内部联系日趋密切、认同感日益加强,具有历史意义的“早期中国”从酝酿至雏形到最终形成。可以说中原化不但在其发展的高峰期具有突出的核心地位,总体上也具有极其重要的历史地位。

Historical Position of Central Plain Cultures in Neolithic China

Influenced by climate periodicity, Neolithic cultures in Central Plain present a periodical variation in cultural power, unification and foreign relationship in a 2000-year-long cycle. In these cycles, Central Plain cultures developed gradually, and the sphere of cultural interaction in China expanded, and finally an "Early China" emerged. Central Plain cultures occupy very important position in Chinese history.