有关“命树”的观念,传世文献甚少记载。笔者近来翻阅古今典籍,觅得几条史料。这些材料数量虽不多,却极具代表性,分别反映了“命树”观念在雏形期、成熟期及衍变期的一些基本情况,故可约略地勾勒出这一观念的发展概况和演变历程。现将史料分为三个阶段陈述如下:一汉代“命树” The concept of “life tree”, rarely recorded in the literature handed down. I recently read ancient and modern books, find a few pieces of historical data. Although the quantity of these materials is very small, they are very representative and reflect the basic conditions of the concept of “life tree” in their embryonic, mature and evolutive periods respectively. Therefore, the outline and evolution of this concept can be roughly sketched out . Now the historical material is divided into three phases stated as follows: a “life tree”