论何休的民族思想及其特色

东汉《公羊》学大师何休的“夷夏之辨”思想上宗孔子 ,下承《公羊》先师的基本立场和观点 ,以文明发展的程度作为区分夷夏性质的标准 ,既主张“严夷夏之防” ,又肯定夷夏关系的可变性。他认为 ,若背弃仁义礼乐 ,丧失道德教化 ,“中国可退为夷狄” ,而“夷狄进至于爵” ,则可升华到夷夏混同、“王道大平”的“大一统”境界。这种以“进夷狄”为中心内容的民族理论 ,是一种具有明显平等意识 ,视天下为一家的进步的民族观 ,包含有极其丰富的时代文化意义

He Xiu's National Ideology

He Xiu,a great thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty,once put forward the idea of differentiation of the Chinese and foreigners, which inherited Confucianism and set up the criterion to distinguish the Chinese from the foreigners on the basis of degree of civilization development.He advocated a theory of the dialectical relationship among nations,which is characterized by the consciousness of obvious equality and Great Harmony over the world as well as the rich cultural connotation of the era.