换言之，中国不像世界上的西方国家和多数国家，它由它自身文明所形成，它是作为一个文明国家而不是一个民族国家而存在的。

In other words, China, unlike the Western states and most countries in the world, is shaped by its sense of civilization, its existence as a civilization state, rather than as a nation state.

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特别牧师团体带着石板移居到南美洲，在那里他们建立了一个欣欣向荣的种族，就是记得多数古代智慧的玛雅民族。

The particular group of priests bearing the tablets emigrated to South America where they found a flourishing race, the Mayas who remembered much of the ancient wisdom.

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中国是一个跨国民族众多的国家，绝大多数跨国民族分布在西部地区。

There are many transnational ethnic groups in China, and most of them lie inthe west of China.

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