耸立在北京天安门前的华表,国人皆识之.谓此即是华夏古老文明的象征。如若作为徽号出现在国外,外国人亦能识之,谓此即中国之象征。然而它究竟象征着什么?据笔者站在新闻史学角度钩沉典籍看来,华表是尧舜时期开始出现并使用的一种舆论监督工具。因为这是世界四大文明古国中绝无仅有的,故此,华表便成了人类社会舆论史上最早的舆论监督工具。 Standing on the front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, people know it all, which means that it is a symbol of the ancient Chinese civilization. If it appears as a logo in a foreign country, foreigners can understand it, that this is a symbol of China. However, what exactly does it symbolize? According to the historian’s point of view, the Huabiao is a kind of media supervision tool that began to emerge and be used in Yao and Shun periods. Because this is unique in the four ancient civilizations of the world, Hua table has become the earliest public opinion supervision tool in the history of public opinion in human society.