Chinese ancient history starts from the late Neolithic Age to the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty. The term “China” is a product of the national identity of the countries around the central plains from the Shang Dynasty. It includes three meanings; political power, original territory and the formerly resident.“China” meant a country located in the center of the world geographically and with supreme power. The Chinese identity of ancient China comes from a more distant time, which is a long process of pluralism to unity. The process is consistent with the formation of modern China, and comes with the development and evolution of the early state of China.

from pluralism to unity; the Five Emperors and Three Kings; “China” identity; state form