What is the distinction of Yixia, and what does the distinction of Yixia mean

In the Spring and Autumn period, China called the civilized country Xia, and the barbarian people called Yi. Confucius.

There is a point of view that if the barbarians occupy the Central Plains, but the barbarians know how to be honest, courteous, righteous, filial piety, and faithful, it will still be Xia here. If the Xia people lose their integrity, courtesy, righteousness, filial piety, and loyalty, then the Central Plains will also become a disaster. Confucius believed that the difference between barbarians and the Central Plains was not in the region, but in morality.

This issue was developed in the Ming Dynasty and the late Qing Dynasty into the theory of "there is a dead world". Liang Qichao.

More direct: the rise and fall of the country is not the responsibility of the husband, but the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband.

This question can be understood at a glance as long as the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband.

The distinction of Yixia means to distinguish between China and barbarians. In Chinese history, there are roughly three standards for the measurement of "Yixia Distinction": blood measurement, geographical measurement standard, and cultural measurement standards such as clothing and etiquette.

The purpose of Huayi's distinction is rooted in the Spring and Autumn Period, as well as the Rites, the Rites, the Book of Rites, and the Book of Rites.

Influenced by the theory of the Hui people in the modern West, many scholars believe that there was no nationalism in ancient China, but in fact, the most prominent expression of the ancient people's nation-state consciousness is the "Yixia Distinction" of Kaiji. There is a deep nationalist overtone in the "Yixia Distinction". Therefore, the ancient Chinese had the strongest nationalist spirit rarely seen in history.

The pre-Qin Chinese strictly distinguished the advanced Chinese from the backward barbarians based on culture (a combination of clothing, etiquette, thinking and hunger, morality, etc.), and the Han and Jin dynasties began to distinguish by blood as the main factor.

Yi, foreign, ethnic minorities; Xia, the Chinese nation, that is, the Chinese nation. The distinction of Yixia is to distinguish between foreign and Chinese nations. In the traditional argument, the foreign people are backward and ignorant, and the Chinese nation is civilized and progressive.

To distinguish Yixia is to take care of the unification, distinguish between right and wrong, discuss the straight, and correct the meaning of the source.

1. Jianyi Xia Zhifang, a Chinese word, means to stick to the boundary between China and foreign countries, (to protect Chinese culture from contamination). From "Chinese Zhou Yuzhong" and "Spring and Autumn".

2. Yi is a derogatory name for the alien race of the ancient Chinese people (in fact, the Han nationality). Originally, it mostly referred to the Oriental peoples, as the "Rite and the Imperial System" said, "the East is called Yi". In the Spring and Autumn Period, it evolved into a contemptuous name for various ethnic groups outside the Central Plains, such as "Siyi" and "Jiuyi".

Later, it developed into a common name for "Nanban", "Beidi", "Xirong" and "Dongyi".

In modern times, the Qing Dynasty also called Western imperialism "Yi", such as "Yingyi" and "Meiyi". Hua, the meaning of glory, Xia means "the person of China", and Huaxia means the meaning of glorious Chinese.

The Han nationality in the Central Plains proudly calls itself the Chinese nation. The ancient Chinese often used the symmetry of Hua and Yi or Xia and Yi to represent the Han and other ethnic minorities, as well as the ethnic boundaries between China and foreign countries.

The so-called defense of Yixia means that the boundaries between the Chinese nationality and other nationalities should be strictly guarded against, and the invasion of the Chinese nation by foreign nationalities can only be assimilated by the Chinese nation, and the Chinese nationality can only be assimilated into other nationalities, and "the dry summer next to the spring should be changed to the Chinese," and other nationalities must not be allowed to influence the Chinese nation to "change the summer with razing" and reject foreign cultures, and so on.

Pinyin】 yòng xià biàn yí

Explanation] Xia, Zhuxia, the vassal states divided by the Zhou Dynasty in the ancient Central Plains; Yi refers to the defeat of all ethnic groups outside the Central Plains. The Zhuxia culture influenced remote tribes outside the Central Plains.

Example] Related] "Use Xia to change Yi".