从家国到人民共和国:“天下−中国”转型的历史逻辑
作者简介:程雪阳,苏州大学王健法学院/公法研究中心教授,江苏高校区域法治发展协同创新中心研究员(江苏苏州 215031)
摘要: 作为一个政治早熟的文明共同体,中国社会在数千年前就形成了特有的“天下”观和“天下大一统”理论。然而自启蒙运动以来,随着自然科学的发展和“人民主权”“民主共和”理念的传播,传统以“天子”为核心的君主国模式,因其无力维系国家的和平统一与社会的稳定发展,黯然退出历史舞台。在此后的百余年内,中国人对如何统一中国为“真正的人民共和国”进行了艰难且曲折的探索。最终,中国共产党创立的“基于社会主义的人民共和国”国家建构模式,既落实和维护了中华文明“天下−中国”的传统,又符合了民主共和理念的基本要求,同时还丰富了现代民主共和国的多样性,因此具有重要的理论和现实意义。
From Family State to People’s Republic State: The Historical Logic of the Transformation of “Tianxia-China”
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2022-05-20
Abstract: Thousands of years ago, as a civilized community with political precocity, Chinese society formed a unique idea of the “Tianxia” (“天下”) and the theory of “the unification of the Tianxia”. After the 18th century, with the development of natural science and the spread of the idea of “people’s sovereignty” and “democratic-republic”, the traditional “monarchical-nation” construction model with the core of Emperor, is unable to maintain the peaceful unity of the country and the stable development of society, and has withdrawn from the historical stage. After the middle of 19th century, the Chinese people have made a difficult and tortuous exploration on how to unify China into “a real People’s Republic nation”. Ultimately, the model of “the People’s Republic nation based on socialism” which created by the Communist Party of China, not only implements and maintains the tradition of “Tianxia-China” of Chinese civilization, but also meets the basic requirements of the idea of “Democracy & Republicanism” and enriches the diversity of modern democratic republic. Thus, this special nation construction model has important theory and real sense.