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人类社会都用某种神圣性的叙事来论证秩序与价值的合理性,神圣叙事是社会赖以存在的基础之一。西方社会选择了神的故事作为其主要神圣叙事形式,而中国古代选择了古史作为自己的主要神圣叙事形式。神话与古史尽管在叙事内容上存在差异,但是其社会功能是一致的,且都被信为“远古时代的事实”。因此,超越神话和历史之间叙事内容的差异,由它们共同的社会功能立论,用神圣叙事来囊括神话与古史是符合历史实际的,而且有助于正确理解不同文化体系的叙事基础。
Human society uses some kind of sacred narrative to justify the order and value. Sacred narration is one of the foundations on which the society depends. Western society chose the story of God as its main form of sacred narration, while ancient China chose ancient history as its main holy narrative form. Although there are differences in narrative content between myth and ancient history, their social functions are consistent and they are all believed to be “the facts of ancient times ”. Therefore, to go beyond the differences between the narrative contents of mythology and history, to argue their sacred narratives with myths and ancient histories based on their common social functions, is in line with historical reality and helps to correctly understand the narrative basis of different cultural systems.