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The substantive characteristics of the connotation of “State” include two parts: (I) the relatively perpetual and impersonalized political system; (II) the ductility of organization forms within the space and politics. And the later part is the absolute attribute of this connotation while the former part tends to show with different forms. Therefore, it is more suitable for the former one to be the objective for study on the evolution process of the connotation of “State” at different stages. Based on this understanding, the author discusses the specific political system at different stages and the relatively perpetual and impersonalized methods for the realization of the system, then tries to define the connotation of the early state, ancient state and modern state in Chinese history. 

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state, concept, connotation, China

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