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1、Chapter2TheValuesandWorldviewofChineseCivilizationBythemid-Neolithicperiod,sevenoreightthousandyearsago,arelativelystableagrarianeconomyhadalreadyformedinbothnorthernandsouthernChina.TheprehistoricagricultureofChina’sYellowRiverandYangtzeregionsatthistimehadalreadymovedbeyondprimevalslasha
2、ndburnagriculture.Duetotherichnessofloessandcropresistancetoaridconditionsanddrought,intensivefarminghadalreadydevelopedintheCentralPlainsandnorthernChina,whereuseofstonetoolspredominatedandtheirrigationofmajorwaterwayswasnotreliedon.Becauseofthis,incontrasttoMesopotamiaandEgypt,althoughea
3、rlyChineseCivilizationalsoaroseinregionsalongthemiddleandlowerstretchestheYellowRiverandYangtze,China’sagrarianeconomyneverthelessledearlyChinesecivilizationawayfrombecomingacivilizationofirrigationofmajorwaterways.TheslowbutsteadymaturationofChineseagriculturecametoinfluencetheentiretyofth
4、edevelopmentofitscivilization.ArcheologistsdescribeChinesecivilizationashavingoriginatedtenthousandyearsago,evolvingfromtribalclanshipintoearlyancientnation-statesbeginningaroundfivethousandyearsago,1andthenultimatelydevelopingfromdiversesourcesintoaunifiedempire.ThischapterwastranslatedbyRo
5、bertCarleoIII.AllquotationsfromChinesetextsinthischapterarealsoCarleo’s,unlessotherwisenoted.Thecontentofthischapterwaspresentedaspartofa2012lectureseriesheldinSeoulbytheKoreanAcademicResearchCouncilandDaewooFund.1SuBingqi苏秉琦,Zhongguowenmingqiyuanxintan中国文明起源新探(HongKong:ShangwuYinshuguan,1
6、997),142.©SpringerNatureSingaporePteLtd.andSDXJointPublishing201725L.Chen,TheCoreValuesofChineseCivilization,DOI10.1007/978-981-10-3367-4_2262TheValuesandWorldviewofChineseCivilization2.1TheEthicalSpiritofEarlyChineseCivilizationAgreatmanypeoplesoftheworldhavelivedintribalclansorganizedbyr
7、elationsofkinship.However,veryfewexhibittheisomorphismofclanorganizationandpoliticalrightsfoundinthesocietyofearlyChinesecivilization.InancientChinesecivilization,thesitesofancestraltemplesbecamecentersofearlysettlement,andtheinheritanceofpoliticalandancestral
