中国和西方对东南亚称谓略考

在漫长的历史进程中,东南亚地区先后被冠以许多不同的称谓,"东南亚"概念的形成也只是晚近的产物,反映了该地区由一个中西方影响下的边缘地带向独立区域实体的过渡。称谓的变迁在一定程度上可以视为新旧时代交替的先声,是对一个新的历史进程的揭示和预见,分析其时代特性也将给予我们以历史的启迪。

The Titles of Southeast Asia from the Perspective of China and the West

During the long historical process, titles. Southeast Asia is just a product of recent time, the Southeast Asian region has been dubbed many different reflecting the transition from a region influenced by the other regions to an independent entity. Title changes, to some extent, can be regarded as the harbinger of an age turn and a prediction of a new historical process. Thus, it will give us enlightenment by analyzing the characteristics of them.