Triple Meanings of "Center of the World" as the Time-space Origin and Its Historical Implication
"Zhong"firstly indicated the origin of natural time and space.With the enrichment of social and political activities such as the establishment of"zhong"and"center of the world"in the Shang and Zhou Dynas-ties,"zhong"gradually gave birth to the origin of political time and space.Under the influence of these social and political activities,the law of time and space extended by"center of the world"unified human identity which em-phasized educating people with culture,and"center of the world"became the origin of cultural time and space.In conclusion,"center of the world"presents the origin of natural time and space,the origin of political time and space,and the origin of cultural time and space.The combination and superposition of the triple meanings contrib-ute to the generous historical meaning of"center of the world".