China and foreign countries; civilized and uncivilized lands
A classical Chinese concept contrasting the civilized central land (華) with surrounding barbarian regions (夷). In Japanese, it appears mainly in historical or literary discussions of Sino-centric worldviews.
Confucian scholars of the Edo period debated the distinction between civilized and barbarian lands.
この地図は華夷思想に基づいて描かれている。
This map is drawn based on the Sino-centric worldview.