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「天下與國家之間：正統、一統、認同與歷史敘述」系列演講

演講一： The Weight of Historical Narrative: Writing about Qing Empire in Today’s China 歷史敘事的權重：當代中國書寫大清帝國

The first lecture seeks to explain the political and intellectual significance of different narratives of Qing history in China today. Whereas for nearly a century the dominant opinion on the Qing was mostly negative, emphasizing Manchu bias, weakness, and corruption, in recent years, as China has grown in economic power, the image of the Qing has been revised in a positive direction; and with the emergence of a link between the “flourishing age” of the Qing and the prosperity of the current “New Era,” academic interpretations of Qing history have come to acquire unexpected importance. They have also led to renewed questioning of the very idea of “China.” In this sense, the definition of the modern Chinese nation is revealed as an ongoing process.

第一場講座旨在闡釋當今中國不同清代歷史敘事的政治和學術意義。一個世紀以來，對清朝的主導性觀點主要是負面的，強調滿洲統治者的成見，軟弱和腐敗。近年來，隨著中國自身經濟實力的增強，清朝的形象得到正面的修正。與此同時，因清朝的“盛世”與當前“新時代”之間被聯繫起來，學術界對清史的闡釋獲得了意想不到的重要性，也引發了對“中國”這一概念本身的重新質疑。在此意義上，對現代中國民族國家的定義被視為一個持續的過程。

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