一前言历史上,在地表里有数个“文化圈”存在,例如基督教文化圈、回教文化圈、印度文化圈等,而中国文化圈亦是其中之一,已是学界公认的事实。历史上的中国文化圈,是存在于以中国为中心,包含朝鲜半岛、日本、越南等东亚地区,其文化活动中,有诸共通的文化要素。所以,中国文化圈又被称为东亚文化圈。这些共通的文化诸要素,对东亚各民族而言,其内容并非完全相 A foreword Historically, there are several “cultural circles” in the earth’s surface, such as the Christian cultural circle, the Muslim cultural circle, and the Indian cultural circle. The Chinese cultural circle is one of them, which is a well-recognized fact in the academic field. The historical Chinese cultural circle exists in East Asia, which includes China as the center, including the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Vietnam. Its cultural activities have common cultural elements. Therefore, the Chinese cultural circle is also known as the East Asian cultural circle. The elements of these common cultures are not exactly the same for all ethnic groups in East Asia