由周成王時青銅器之“宅玆中或”(《何尊銘文解釋》)銘文,知“中國”一詞最晚在公元前十一世紀已然出現,末是國家之名稱,居於中而別於四夷而已。彼時以黃河流域為中心的周朝,對周邊的民族,一般取鄙夷下屑的視角,往往取名下恭,若獫狁、鬼方等等。從那時起,周已是名符其實的國家,而周 By the Zhou Dynasty bronze “house in or” (“Ho Zong inscriptions”) inscription, know the word “China” already appeared in the eleventh century BC at the latest, the end is the name of the country, living in the Do not In the four barbarians only. At that time, the Zhou Dynasty centered on the Yellow River Basin, generally disdains the crumbs from the viewpoint of the surrounding peoples. It usually takes the name of Christine, Ruoqi, Ghosts and so on. Since then, Zhou has been a veritable country, while Zhou