Structural Coordinates of the History of Civilization (Volume IV: Patterns): A Self-as-an-End Application / 文明史的结构坐标(第四篇:模式):Self-as-an-End框架的文明史应用

Fourth and final volume. Formally identifies six structural patterns from the full set of positions across the first three volumes: (1) strong expansion inertia of the institutional layer in the absence of explicit contraction mechanisms; (2) the relational layer as colonization's transmission medium and as buffer against absolute institutional dominance; (3) conditions and fragility of individual-layer emergence; (4) the gradual drift from cultivation to colonization; (5) structural symmetry and complementarity of the three civilizational lines; (6) autocatalytic acceleration of the chisel-construct cycle. Includes a panoramic coordinate table, civilization-history verification of Paper 3's functional asymmetry thesis, a complete self-reflexivity statement, and open questions (India, Islam, America, reformed capitalism, post-WWII, AI as institutional layer). Originally written in Chinese; the English version is a rewrite, not a translation.

文明史系列第四篇(终篇)。从前三篇的全部定位中正式识别六个结构模式:(1)无显性收缩机制时制度层的强膨胀惯性;(2)关系层作为殖民传导媒介与抵抗制度层绝对独裁的缓冲;(3)个体层浮现的条件与脆弱性;(4)涵育向殖民的渐变;(5)三条文明线的结构对称与互补;(6)凿构循环的自催化加速。包含全景坐标表、Paper 3功能不对称命题的文明史验证、完整的自反性声明、以及开放问题(印度、伊斯兰、美国、改良资本主义、二战后、AI作为制度层)。中文为原版,英文版为重写而非翻译。

Keywords: Self-as-an-End, history of civilization, structural patterns, three-layer structure, functional asymmetry thesis, colonization, cultivation, institutional expansion, relational layer, individual layer emergence, chisel-construct cycle, acceleration, self-reflexivity

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Resource type: Preprint

Language: Multiple languages (Chinese original + English rewrite)

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• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18898186 (is continuation of) — Volume I: Ancient
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18898226 (is continuation of) — Volume II: Medieval
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18898257 (is continuation of) — Volume III: Modern
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18727327 (is supplemented by this upload) — Paper 3
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18842897 (is supplemented by this upload) — Philosophy-of-History Application
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18829136 (is supplemented by this upload) — Consciousness Paper
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18929075 (is continued by) — American Institutional History