“中国中心观”与“夷”“洋”之变

晚清之前，中国始终认为自己是世界的中心，将中国之外的其他一切民族都看作是未开化的“蛮夷”。特别是明代朝贡制度形成后，“夷”“夏”卑尊泾渭分明。晚清从鸦片战争到中日甲午战争近六十年间，实现了从“夷”到“洋”的艰难转变。本文从“中国中心观”的形成入手，对这一转变进行了分析。

On "China- Centered Concept" and Change from "Barbarian" to "Foreigner"

Before the late Qing dynasty,China used to View herself as the center of the world,and look all the other nationalities as uncivilized"barbarians",especially after the formation of Ming Dynasty's predent eribute sys- tem,the bumbleness of the"barbarians",and the honour of the"civilized Chinese"were entirely different.The Sixty years from the Opium War to the Sino-Japanese War Saw the change from"barbarian"to"Foreigner".This paper is to analyze this change based on the formation of China-centered concept.