汉语“中国”一词,最早出现于《尚书·梓材》。其有云:“皇天既付中国民,越厥疆土,于先王肆。”范围所指,仅仅是周人对自己所居关中、河洛地区而已。至春秋时,“中国”之涵义逐渐扩展到包括各大小诸侯国在内的黄河中下游地区。而后,又随着各诸侯国疆域的展拓,而最终成为当今雄 Chinese “Chinese”, the earliest appeared in “Shang Shu Zi material.” It goes: “The emperor paid both the Chinese people, the more Jue territory, in the first Wang Si.” Range refers only to Zhou people on their own in Guanzhong, Heluo area only. By the Spring and Autumn Period, the meaning of “China” gradually expanded to include the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, including all major and minorities. Then, with the expansion of the vassal state boundaries, and eventually become today’s male