存在于古代东亚世界的朝贡体系是以中国为中心的国际体系,这与近代西欧国际体系本质上不同。随着帝国主义在全球疯狂扩张,欧洲体系战胜了朝贡体系,一跃成为统治世界的体系。在这一过程中,礼仪之争成为我们考察朝贡体系的着力点,尽管朝贡不全是礼仪,但足可说明问题。处于后殖民时代,我们又能从历史遗迹里寻出哪些珍藏,补益于基于现代基础上的世界体系。 The tributary system existing in the ancient East Asian world is an international one centered on China, which is essentially different from the modern Western European international system. With the crazy expansion of imperialism in the world, the European system defeated the tributary system and became the system that ruled the world. In this process, the controversy of ceremonies became the focus of our investigation of the tributary system. Although tributary tribunals were not ceremonial, they could explain the issue. In the post-colonial era, we can find out from the historical relics which collections benefit from the modern world based on the world system.