premodern meaning in Chinese

现代化之前

Of all the civilizations of premodern times, none appeared more advanced, none felt more superior, than that of china .
在近代以前时期的所有文明中，没有一个国家的文明比中国文明更发达，更先进。
Chapter 4 premodern japan
第4章近世纪的日本
It has been recently pointed out that the brevity of the inscriptions is unparalleled in any known premodern literate society , including those that wrote extensively on leaves , bark , wood , cloth , wax , animal skins , and other perishable materials
最近已经指出，题字之简短是任何已知的文化社会中无法相比的，包括那些广泛地写在树叶、树皮、木头、衣料、蜡烛、动物皮肤和其他容易腐烂的原料上。
By asking a number of questions , such as to what extent fashion exists in premodern societies , and how the fashion system has developed and changed in modern times , this piper aims to appreciate some of the theoretical work on the part of social thinkers about fashion in different historical epochs
以诸和前现代社会中时装时尚的存在程度、时装时尚在现代社会中的发展和变化等问题为线索，旨在评价一些社会思想家对于不同历史时期的时装时尚现象进行解释的理论工作。