晏绍祥:《古典民主与共和传统》上、下卷,北京大学出版社2013年版。民主与共和传统是古典世界留给人类社会的一项最为宝贵的文化遗产。但是,从古至今,人们对这一传统的认识和态度是不一致的,赞美者认为它是人民广泛参与国家管理的实践,批评者认为它是压制少数贵族精英的 Yan Shaoxiang: “Classical Democracy and Republican Tradition,” the next volume, Peking University Press, 2013 edition. The tradition of democracy and republic is one of the most precious cultural heritages left to human society by the classical world. However, since ancient times, people’s understanding and attitude toward this tradition have been inconsistent. Praise scholars consider it a widespread people’s participation in the practice of state administration. Critics think it is to suppress the elite of a few elites.