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:* William Edgar Geil, ''A Yankee on the Yangtze: Being a Narrative of a Journey from Shanghai Through the Central Kingdom''. Hodder and Stoughton, 1904.
:* Aihe Wang, ''Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China''. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
:* Regarding the accuracy of the translation, Professor Chen Jian writes: "I believe that 'Central Kingdom' is a more accurate translation for 'Zhong Guo' (China) than 'Middle Kingdom'. The term 'Middle Kingdom' does not imply that China is superior to other peoples and nations around it — China just happens to be located in the middle geographically; the term 'Central Kingom', however, implies that China is superior to any other people and nation 'under the heaven' and that it thus occupies a 'central' position in the known universe." (''Mao's China and the Cold War''. UNC Press. ISBN 0-8078-4932-4)</ref>. Penamaan ini terkait dengan artinya dimana mereka percaya bahwa mereka adalah "pusat dari peradaban" <ref>《尚書•梓材》:「皇天既付中國民越厥疆土于先王」secara umum dapat diterjemahkan menjadi "Surga telah memberikan tanah dan rakyat Zhongguo pada pendahulu kami".</ref>, sementara orang-orang lainnya dalam empat daerah yang berbeda dinamakan [[Dongyi|Yi Timur]], [[Nanman|Man Selatan]], [[Xirong|Rong Barat]] dan [[Beidi|Di Timur]] sesuai daerahnya. Namun ada beberapa catatan lain yang menyatakan bahwa "Zhongguo" aslinya ditujukan untuk
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