中国近代以前的思想状况究竟如何,一直是近代知识分子颇为关注的问题。在西方这个“进步”象征的关照下,尤其是在所谓“理性” 的关照下,整个中国古代历史,尤其自从秦以降的历史基本上被描述成没有什么“民主” How the modern state of thought in the modern history of our country was always a matter of great concern to modern intellectuals. Under the guidance of the symbol of “progress” in the West, especially under the care of so-called “rationalism,” the history of ancient China in general and the history of its decline in the Qin Dynasty have basically been described as having nothing “democracy”