絲路？是1877年德國學者整合「多段地區商業道路」後的命名

【雙魚之論】英文拷到 G / D 找中文翻譯
Chairman Xi Jinping has recently extended his diplomatic outreach, which includes sending a special plane for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit China on September 21st, inviting a North Korean delegation to the Asian Games, marking the first such invitation since the pandemic, and hosting Vladimir Putin on October 17th during The Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, his first overseas trip outside the former USSR sphere following sanctions.
On October 11, 2023, the Chinese State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published an article titled "Building the 'Belt and Road': A Significant Practice in Constructing a Community of Shared Future for Humanity." The article begins by emphasizing, "Over two thousand years ago, our ancestors, driven by a simple desire for friendly exchanges, traversed grasslands and deserts, opening up the overland Silk Road connecting Asia, Europe, and Africa, ushering in a great era of exchanges in human history." This portrayal suggests that the "Silk Road" was a deliberate strategic design of the Central Empire, which it was NOT AT ALL.
In fact, the so-called "Silk Road" throughout history has been a series of local trade routes, a historical development that occurred naturally. The itinerant merchants of the Central Plains never traversed this entire route from beginning to end. Therefore, it is not the result of a deliberate Chinese contribution to the world or some form of intentional integration.
The term "Silk Road" was coined by the German historian Ferdinand von Richthofen in 1877.
When Japan and China established diplomatic relations in 1972, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) planned a cultural exchange program called "The Adventures of Marco Polo." However, China initially rejected the idea. It wasn't until 1978, six years later, during Deng Xiaoping's visit to Japan, that the program was allowed to proceed.
Starting in 1979, NHK collaborated with China Central Television (CCTV) to produce the TV series "The Silk Road," and from that point on, the term "Silk Road" gained widespread recognition.
Due to a chain of misconceptions, the "Silk Road" was mistakenly believed to be a trade route deliberately established by the Chinese governments throughout history for commerce with Europe. Even the voyages of Zheng He are currently misunderstood as an intentional official trade route.
Benedetto Croce, a notable Italian historian, commented, "All history is contemporary," meaning that history tends to be manipulated by present politics. The term "Silk Road" serves as an example.

習近平近日大展外交伸手，除了9月21日以專機載運敘利亞總統阿塞德訪問中國外，還有朝鮮代表團疫情後的首次參加亞運。10月17日普丁被制裁後首次出國（走出前蘇聯圈），即參加「第三屆一帶一路國際合作高峰論壇」（The Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation）。
2023年10月11日，中華人民共和國國務院新聞辦公室發表〈共建「一帶一路」：構建人類命運共同體的重大實踐〉一文。文章開宗明義就指出「兩千多年前，我們的先輩懷著友好交往的朴素願望，穿越草原沙漠，開辟出聯通亞歐非的陸上絲綢之路，開辟了人類文明史上的大交流時代。」彷彿是「絲路」是中原帝國有意識的戰略設計。
實際上，長久以來所謂的「絲路」是一段一段的地方聯絡道路，是一種歷史的自然形成，所謂中原的行腳商人也從未從頭走到尾，因此，並非中國有意識的對於世界的貢獻，或者是某種整合的意圖的結果。
所謂的「絲路」是19世紀德國歷史學家Ferdinand von Richthofen於1877年所發明的Seidenstraße(silk route)。
日中1972年建交時，為達成文化親善，NHK即企劃名為〈馬可波羅的冒險〉。但中國拒絕。1978年鄧小平訪日才獲得允許，並於1979年起與央視合作實地拍攝影集〈絲綢之路〉，從此「絲路」一詞才廣被傳播。
在以訛傳訛之下，「絲路」被誤解為是中國建立的對歐通商之路。甚至於，鄭和航跡目前也被誤為一種貿易航路。
克羅齊（Benedetto Croce）:「一切歷史都是當代史」History is (ideally) contemporary，所謂「絲路」是中共現實政治的產物，亦復如是。