地球的东方,历史地存在一个“东亚汉字文化圈”。兼顾地理、历史和文化,这一“文化圈”主要包括中国、越南、朝鲜半岛和日本等东亚国家和地区。毫无疑问,这一“文化圈”有许多明显区别于世界其他“文化圈”的特征,所以有人称之为“中华文化圈”,有人称之为“儒教文化圈”,有人 East of the earth, historically there is a “East Asian Chinese cultural circle.” Taking into account of geography, history and culture, this “cultural circle” mainly includes East Asian countries and regions such as China, Vietnam, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There is no doubt that this “cultural circle” has many distinctive features that are clearly distinguished from other “cultural circles” in the world. Some people call it the “Chinese cultural circle,” some call it “the Confucian cultural circle.” Some people