“文明”一词,在世界各国出版的辞书中,对其含义的解释不尽相同。1961年,法国的百科全书解释为:一指教化;二指一个地区或一个社会所具有的精神、艺术、道德和物质生活的总称。1973年至1974年,《大英百科全书》解释为:一种先进民族在生活或某一历史阶段中显示出来的特征之总 “Civilization ”, in the dictionary published in various countries in the world, the interpretation of its meaning vary. In 1961, the French encyclopaedia was interpreted as: enlightenment; second, the general term for the spiritual, artistic, moral and material life of a region or a society. From 1973 to 1974, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was interpreted as a total sum of the characteristics of an advanced nation in life or in a historical period