中華

Etymology
So named because the first ancient Chinese settlements were around the Yellow River, which was considered to be the center, and because the culture was considered to be magnificent and flourishing.

First attested in 's memorial recommending Qiao Xiu (dated ), quoted in 's lost Annals of Jin  and later quoted in 's '  to 's '  (translation by Farmer, 2017 ).

Pei himself uses 中華 when annotating Chen's "Biography of Zhuge Liang"

Proper noun

 * 1)  China the civilization of China; nowadays, the nation of the Chinese people

Usage notes

 * In traditional East Asian thought, or, often translated as "Chinese", has a philosophical connotation of civilizedness and decorous behavior that transcends a strictly ethnic definition. This is in opposition to "foreigners" or "barbarians",  or , whose cultures are uncivilized and lacking in proper morality. Therefore, in certain contexts, other nations of the  could refer to themselves as  in the sense that they were civilized people following the classical traditions first established in Ancient China, without meaning that they saw themselves as Chinese in an ethnic sense.
 * Although also used in the formal names of both the Republic and People's Republic of China, the term carries a somewhat broader sense than and connotes something like the "nation of the Chinese people" or "land of the Chinese culture".

Descendants
Others:

Noun

 * 1)  product that is made by Chinese company

Adjective

 * 1)  made by Chinese company

Proper noun

 * 1)  China, Chinese (adjective)
 * 2) ; Chinese