國家的摶合並不是靠武力或行政力可以完成，只有文化力才能將人民的思想體系、價值標準統合在一起。中共自建黨以來便重視文化的感染性，一反馬克思思想對於農民消極、怕事的批評，利用文化力動員農民，發動各種農民運動，終於取得政權。建國之後，更將文化力提昇至國家級的戰略行為。在經歷文化大革命的衝擊後，為了與中國固有文化接軌，中國大陸拍攝了四大名著，而觀看這四部影劇成長的年輕人，正是現在中共政策由馬列思想與作風，轉型為中國古代傳統「和」「義」的實行者。 近三十年，面臨開放後的另一個時代，中國大陸又以官方的力量攝製一部影片--《大國崛起》。這部影片陳述世界最近五百年九個崛起的國家，劇中雖然並未包括中國大陸，卻引起中外極大的回響，成為檢視中國面對新時代闡釋態度的最好切入點。 本文分成五個章節，除緣起與結論外，分別針對各國學者對大國崛起的評論、中外歷史之比較、大國崛起的因素與條件做分析與探討。希望透過中國大陸對於大國崛起的闡釋，了解其目前之歷史觀；並運用九個國家崛起與歷史發展的比較，歸納出進入地球村之後的多強時代，仍然需要藉由文化的力量，和平競爭的方式共同走向世界大同。

The consolidation of a state rests not only on military and administrative power, but most importantly cultural power. Only cultural power can consolidate systems of thought and standards of value.From the outset, the Chinese Communist Party recognized culture as a power of influence. Contrary to the negative opinion towards peasant farmers (which Marxists customarily held), the Chinese Communist Party did not stigmatize peasant farmers as passivists and pacifists, but instead mobilized them using cultural power and thereby creating Peasant Movements. This strategy forcefully induced regime change. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party further prioritized control over cultural power as a matter of national and strategic importance. As the Cultural Revolution came to an end, and the Chinese Goverment sought to reconnect its people with its cultural heritage, four masterpieces of Chinese Classical literature were produced in the form of television series, and were largel successful. Notably, audiences of these televised Chinese masterpieces also happen to be current practitioners who are leading the transition of the Chinese government away from Marxist-Leninist ideologies and principles, and towards classical Chinese values such as "ho" (peace) and "yi" (justice).As China's successful economic reform reached its thirtieth year, the Chinese government produced another television series titled "Rise of Great Nations". This series narrate nine countries that had "risen" in the past five hundred years. While China is not included in the list of the "risen", the series itself provoked much discourse -- both domestic and foreign -- regarding Cina's new role in a new era. There are five sections in this paper. Introduction and conclusion aside, the three core chapters are respectively analyses on: 1) the critiques of foreign scholars toward the television series; 2) historical comparisons of Chinese and world history; and 3) the causes and prequisites that lead to the rise of a nation. This paper aims to study the historical perspective of the People's Republic in comparison to the histories of the nine countries which the People's Republic seeks to highlight itself. This paper finds that culture is a critical source of power to peace and worldwide integration in a multipolar world system.