中國在古代是世界強國嗎?範例

China has been a global superpower in almost every historical period.

中國幾乎在每一個歷史時期都是全球範圍的超級強國。

The only exception was the century of humiliation (1850–1949), or during the imperialism era.

唯一的例外就是屈辱的一個世紀(1850–1949)，或者叫帝國主義時代。

In Pre-Qin dynasties, China was ruled (nominally) by Shang and Zhou rulers. Their territories, despite being small compared to present-day China, was larger than its contemporary civilization, such as ancient Greece and ancient Egypt. The technology was at least equal to both civilizations. Almost every nomadic tribe in China proper was subjugated by Chinese states under the Zhou dynasty. The tribal people were sinicized, and became “Chinese.” During this age, Chinese culture flourished. Many ideological groups (Confucianism, Legalism, etc.) spawned in this era.

先秦時期，中國在名義上被商周統治者統治。他們的疆域雖然比今天的中國小，但也比當時其他的文明古國都大，比如古希臘和古埃及，技術也不低於這兩種文明。幾乎當時中國每個遊牧部落都隸屬於周朝時期的中國，遊牧民族被同化，變成了“中國人”。這一時期中國文化繁榮起來，許多思想派別（儒家思想、法家思想等）都在這一時期蓬勃發展。

Chinese civilization in the Warring States period, notice that the entire territory of Chinese civilization increased because of the colonization of the outer areas by states, especially Qin and Chu. Qin defeated as many as 25 tribes, and annexed the areas once controlled by nomads.

戰國時期的中華文明，值得注意的是中華文明整體疆域的擴張是由於國家對外的吞併，尤其是秦國和楚國。秦國打敗了多達25個部落，吞併了曾被遊牧部落控制的地區。

In Qin dynasty and Han dynasty, China became a unified, centralized empire (completely in the reign of Emperor Wu of Han). China became the end destination of the silk road. Trade and economy were flourished. Unlike Rome that was defeated by the nomads, Han Dynasty managed to defeat the mighty Xiongnu confederacy at its homeland, and repelled these nomads from the Chinese border. Furthermore, the eastern part of Central Asia, and Korea was conquered by Han Dynasty as well.

中國在秦朝和漢代變成統一的中央集權的帝國（完全受漢武帝統治）。中國成爲了絲綢之路的終端，貿易和經濟繁榮發展。不像被遊牧民族打敗的羅馬，漢朝成功地在匈奴地區擊敗了強大的匈奴聯軍，在中國邊境擊退了這些遊牧民族。此外，中亞的東部地區和朝鮮也被漢朝佔領。

Han Dynasty later defeated the Yue people in Fujian, and sinicized them.

漢朝後來打敗了福建的粵族，並將其同化。

China (In red) had a large economy since antiquity. Notice that the share of world GDP decreased sharply during the century of humiliation (1849–1949), which paralleled to the imperialist era. The only country that had a larger share of world GDP in antiquity than China was India. However, since AD1, ancient India was not united into a single state as China (Han Dynasty). The closest ones were the Gupta Empire (320CE–550CE).

中國（紅色區域）從古代起就很富庶。值得注意的是中國在那屈辱的一個世紀(1849–1949)也叫帝國主義時代中在世界GDP中所佔份額驟降，唯一在古代比中國所佔全球GDP份額大的國家是印度。然而，從公元1年起，古印度不像中國（漢朝）一樣是統一國家，距離現在最近的是笈多王朝（公元320年—550年）。