On The Distinction Between "Yi" And "Xia" From The Perspective Of The Political Discourse

Being the focus of Ancient Chinese political discussions, the distinction of "Yi" and "Xia" has turned to the classical sovereignty theory of China from the discourse hegemony which integrated those of the culture, nationality and regime together. As a symbol of interlinguistics,"Yi/i/barbarian" has always been a very important role in Chinese history as well as in politics of the world in19century which brought out the political combat between China and England.