Author(s)

Wei Li

Corresponding Author

Wei Li

Abstract

"The concept of the world" originated from the formation of the Huaxia nationality in the ancient times and was rooted in the Chinese people's thoughts, and it reached the order of the inside and outside and the best of the world on the basis of the strong political guarantee of the imperial power and the stable agricultural economy effect. At the same time, in the absolute authority of the Chinese empire based on the Central Plains to the surrounding countries, and the doctrine of communication based on the doctrine of monarchs and ministers of Confucianism, a unique "Hua Yi" was formed from East Asia to Southeast Asia, from the Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty. "Order", this "Hua Yi Order" is subordinated to the tributary relationship politically, culturally subordinated tributary relationship and economic relationship tributary relationship form a huge and fixed tributary system. As a result, the ancient Chinese people's "world concept" and tributary system were formed.

Keywords

World Concept; Tributary System; Huayi Order; Eastern Empire