中国人的夷夏观念产生于西周初年 ,经过长期发展 ,逐渐成为一种完整的理论 ,并内化为一种民族心理。近代随着西方地理学知识的东传 ,传统的夷夏观念开始发生根本性的变化。这一变化过程 ,始于鸦片战争前后 ,到戊戌维新运动时期基本完成。值得注意的是 ,随着传统夷夏观的变异 ,一种新的、仰慕西方文化的民族自卑心态也开始抬头。 The Chinese concept of barbarians originated in the early years of Western Zhou Dynasty. After long-term development, the concept of Chinese barbarians gradually became a complete theory and internalized into a national mentality. With the spread of Western geography knowledge in modern times, the traditional concept of Yi-Xia started to change fundamentally. This process of change began before and after the Opium War and was basically completed during the Reform Movement of 1898. It is noteworthy that with the variation of the traditional Yi-Xia concept, a new mentality of national inferiority which has admired the Western culture also started to rise.