简论古代中国史家的民族史观

古代中国史家的民族史观,包涵族类、文化、政治三方面的思想要素。文化是古代史家民族史观的最高价值判断标准,文化主义是这一史观的本质特征,其主要表现形式即中国中心观念;族类思想则主要表现为“华夷之辨”和华夷一家的观念：同时,华夷之辨和华夷一家又是两种不同的政治诉求,即“正闰”观和“大一统”观。这一民族史观深刻影响了古代史学的发展。

On The Ancient Chinese Historians' Viewe Of Nations

Ancient Chinese historians' views of nations included three factors: clans, culture and politics. Culture was the highest standard of value judgement in the ancient Chinese historians' views. Culturism was the dominant feature of this view, the main thought of which was China - centered theory. Another school of views was clan theory, in which two different viewpoints were held and the focus was on whether all the clans should be politifcally equal. Each view had its own political pursuit. That was "one - clan - centered view" and"all - clan - are - equal view . The clan theory had gready influenced the development of ancient Chinese historiography.