考研真题笔记模板题库资源推介平台
工作时间:9:00 ~ 21:00
四海(sìhǎi)
全国各地或世界各地。古人认为中国的疆域四面环海,各依方位称“东海”“南海”“西海 ”和“北海” ,合称“四海”。它蕴含着远古中国人关于中国和世界的地理图景:“九州 ”居“天下”之中,“天下”由“九州 ”及其周边“四海”组成,中国是“海内” ,外国则是“海外 ” 。在古人那里,“四海”大多统指天下,并不确指某个海域 ,有时用来指陆地四周的海,有时又指“四海”所环绕的陆地。
FourSeas
FourSeasrefertotheterritoryofChinaortheentireworld.TheancientChinesebelievedthatChinawasalandsurroundedbyFourSeas–theEast,West,North,andSouthseas.ThetermsuggestswhattheancientChineseconceivedtobethemapofChinaandtheworld:Ninezhou(regions)werelocatedatthecenteroftianxia(allunderheaven).TianxiaconsistedofninezhouanditssurroundingFourSeas.ChinawaswithintheFourSeas,whileforeignlandswereoutsidetheFourSeas.InancientChina,FourSeasreferredtoallunderheaveninmostcases,anddidnotdenoteaspecificbodyofwater.Therefore,thetermwasusedsometimestomeantheseassurroundingtheland,andsometimestospecifythelandsurroundedbytheFourSeas.
********************************************
[引例]
君子敬而无失,与人恭而有礼 ,四海之内皆兄弟也。(《论语•颜渊》)
Amanofvirtuealwaysdoesthingsconscientiouslywithoutmakinganymistakesandtreatspeoplerespectfullyandappropriately.ThenallwithintheFourSeaswillbehisbrothers.(TheAnalects)