上古“中”观念蕴于《易》象,且与先民的太阳神崇拜有关,由之而来的“中国”概念也属于早期人类寻找大地中心的普遍知识。三代“中国”概念的演进背后是夏商周四方文化区系的交流和对中央政权认同的历史。这种“贡赋制共同体”的真实存在使得《诗经》中四方歌诗的采集和编订成为可能。 The concept of “middle” in ancient China was covered by the “Yi” icon and was related to the worship of the sun god of the ancestors. The “China” concept derived from it also belonged to the universal knowledge of the early mankind’s search for the center of the earth. Behind the evolution of the concept of “China” in the third generation is the history of the exchange of the four-member cultural clique and the identification with the central government of the Xia merchants. The real existence of this community of Gong Gong makes it possible for the collection and compilation of the Quartet Songs in The Book of Songs.