Abstract: Concepts are the basic elements of a body of knowledge. In the formation and development of the discipline of international relations, a series of concepts have been produced, which can be divided into those generated in the thought and practice of international relations in premodern times, those created in the construction of modern international relations theories, and those transplanted from other disciplines to the field of international relations. In view of the fact that the existing concepts generated in premodern international relations thought and practice mainly come from the West, Chinese scholars have begun to explore and interpret the classical Chinese concepts of international relations, generate new concepts based on the analysis of the international system in various regions of ancient Asia, and contract or expand the scope of application of the existing concepts. For the concepts created in the construction of modern international relations theories, Chinese scholars have redefined the existing concepts by identifying their origins, clarifying their differences and seeking common ground, making new wine in old bottles, and classifying them into different categories, and created new concepts by adding adjectives to the existing concepts and combining two existing concepts. Under the interdisciplinary trend of research in social sciences, Chinese scholars in international relations have consciously borrowed concepts from other disciplines to describe empirical facts in the field of international relations, and redefined concepts from other disciplines according to the characteristics of the field of international relations. In the process of constructing the independent body of knowledge that originates in China, the conceptual innovation provides the necessary foundation for the construction of the body of knowledge of international relations in China.

Key words: international relations, body of knowledge, conceptual innovation;China

摘要： 概念是知识体系的基本元素。国际关系学科在形成和发展中产生了一系列概念，就其来源可分为前现代国际关系思想和实践中生成的概念、现代国际关系理论构建中创造的概念与从其他学科移植到国际关系领域的概念等。鉴于前现代国际关系思想和实践中生成的既有概念主要来自西方，中国学者已开始挖掘和阐释中华经典国际关系概念，基于古代亚洲各区域国际体系的分析生成新概念，并收缩或扩展既有概念的适用范围。对现代国际关系理论构建中创造的概念，中国学者通过正本清源、辨异求同、旧瓶新酒、分门别类等方式来重新界定既有概念，并通过为既有概念添加形容词、组合两个既有概念等方式创造新概念。在社会科学学科交叉的趋势下，中国国际关系学者有意识借用其他学科的概念描述国际关系领域中的经验事实，并依据国际关系领域的特点重新界定来自其他学科的概念。在建构中国自主的知识体系进程中，这些概念创新为中国国际关系知识体系的建构提供了必要的基础。

关键词: 国际关系, 知识体系, 概念创新, 中国