有人说，宇宙观与中国大一统的思想是中国文化内两个最持久的结构。今天，宇宙观与统一中国还是中国的国家意识重要的思想源头。
传统的中国本土宇宙观代表文化识别，而大多数中国人还把统一中国政府当成合法政府。
秦始皇统一中国以来，中国人对国家的自我意识已有两千年了。秦以前，人民效忠与认同个别诸侯国，虽然大一统思想早已有之。秦后，内部矛盾不断，导致内战与改朝换代。但是，分裂或内战时期，一般视为混乱或不正常。
中国宇宙观的特征是联想类比，根据一对（阴阳类比），四（四方类比），五（五位或五行类比）或八（八卦类比），等等。
比如说，五行不只是一套概念、一种学说、一种思想模式、或是一种公认的符号；其实，它是一种随时代而改变的文化现象，是政治争辩与权力斗争的论证，而最重要的是，它是在这个矛盾与变换世界中行动的艺术。政客以五行宇宙学说为政权辩护，以此获取权力与权势，决定权力关系与社会阶级。
要了解中国人，就要了解他们对这两方面的想法。
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It is said that cosmology and the unified Chinese nation are two most enduring structures of the Chinese civilisation. Today, cosmology and a unified Chinese nation still serve as resources for China’s national identity.
Traditional cosmology is used to represent a cultural identity that is authentically Chinese, and a unified China continues to be held by most Chinese as the only justified form of Government for China.
There has been a self-conscious Chinese state for two thousand years, since the unification of China by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Before the Qin dynasty, the loyalty and identity was largely due to each state within China, although the desire for such unity had been cherished for a long time. After Qin dynasty, there were continuous internal conflicts that led to civil wars and dynastic changes. However, the periods during which the country is divided or in civil wars are generally regarded as chaotic and abnormal.
Chinese cosmology has been characterised as ‘correlative’, based on interlaced pairs (correlated to Yin-yang), fours (correlated to the four directions), fives (correlated to the Five Phases or Wuxing), eights (correlated to the Eight Trigrams), and so on.
For example, Wuxing is not simply a set of concepts, a school of philosophy, a mode of thinking, or a commonly agreed upon representation; instead, it is a cultural phenomenon that changes through history, a discourse for political argument and power struggle, and above all, an art of action in a world of conflict and change. Political actors used Wuxing cosmology in arguing about imperial sovereignty, in contesting power and authority, and in defining power relations and social hierarchy.
To understand Chinese, you have to understand these two aspects of their mind.
传统的中国本土宇宙观代表文化识别，而大多数中国人还把统一中国政府当成合法政府。
秦始皇统一中国以来，中国人对国家的自我意识已有两千年了。秦以前，人民效忠与认同个别诸侯国，虽然大一统思想早已有之。秦后，内部矛盾不断，导致内战与改朝换代。但是，分裂或内战时期，一般视为混乱或不正常。
中国宇宙观的特征是联想类比，根据一对（阴阳类比），四（四方类比），五（五位或五行类比）或八（八卦类比），等等。
比如说，五行不只是一套概念、一种学说、一种思想模式、或是一种公认的符号；其实，它是一种随时代而改变的文化现象，是政治争辩与权力斗争的论证，而最重要的是，它是在这个矛盾与变换世界中行动的艺术。政客以五行宇宙学说为政权辩护，以此获取权力与权势，决定权力关系与社会阶级。
要了解中国人，就要了解他们对这两方面的想法。
.
It is said that cosmology and the unified Chinese nation are two most enduring structures of the Chinese civilisation. Today, cosmology and a unified Chinese nation still serve as resources for China’s national identity.
Traditional cosmology is used to represent a cultural identity that is authentically Chinese, and a unified China continues to be held by most Chinese as the only justified form of Government for China.
There has been a self-conscious Chinese state for two thousand years, since the unification of China by the first emperor Qin Shi Huang. Before the Qin dynasty, the loyalty and identity was largely due to each state within China, although the desire for such unity had been cherished for a long time. After Qin dynasty, there were continuous internal conflicts that led to civil wars and dynastic changes. However, the periods during which the country is divided or in civil wars are generally regarded as chaotic and abnormal.
Chinese cosmology has been characterised as ‘correlative’, based on interlaced pairs (correlated to Yin-yang), fours (correlated to the four directions), fives (correlated to the Five Phases or Wuxing), eights (correlated to the Eight Trigrams), and so on.
For example, Wuxing is not simply a set of concepts, a school of philosophy, a mode of thinking, or a commonly agreed upon representation; instead, it is a cultural phenomenon that changes through history, a discourse for political argument and power struggle, and above all, an art of action in a world of conflict and change. Political actors used Wuxing cosmology in arguing about imperial sovereignty, in contesting power and authority, and in defining power relations and social hierarchy.
To understand Chinese, you have to understand these two aspects of their mind.
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