摘要
大秦国形象在中国人心目中的正面呈现始于两汉,魏晋之际达于极致。但与真实的罗马帝国稍加比对,中国人依据辗转获得的罗马知识所塑造的大秦国西方大国形象、富丽多宝形象、清明安乐形象、有类中国的人类形象、近乎仙界的神异形象、众香荟萃的芬芳形象,除在某些方面与罗马帝国相像吻合外,大体是对以大秦国为地标的西方世界的整体幻像。从形象的生成机制看,古代中国的大秦国形象的生成演变不仅要受先秦以来对外观念的规范制约,还要受到罗马历史与现实、中西之间交流互动,以及居间传递罗马信息之丝路国家的多重影响。作为古代中国文化景观中的"他者"镜像,汉晋时代的大秦形象不仅展示一幅中国人描绘的罗马文明图景,也为一窥当时中国之对外观念与时代精神开启一扇特殊窗口。
The direct representation of Ta-chin’s image in ancient Chinese mind was formed firstly in the Han dynasty and reached to its peak during the Wei and Jin dynasties.Compared with the actual situation of the Roman Empire,the image of Ta-chin built by Chinese on the basis of knowledge obtained from the second-hand material and other means was a western empire of might and power,an empire which was magnificent and rich,peaceful and tranquil,the people of which looked like Chinese.This empire was nearly a fairyland with fragrance,it was a representation of the illusions which ancient Chinese attached to the whole western world.In terms of the mechanism of image formation,the formation and evolution of the image of Ta-chin were not only constrained by the external conceptions in China since the pre-Qin period,but also were affected by the history and reality of the Roman Empire,the cultural exchanges and interaction between China and the West,and the countries along the Silk Road which conveyed the information regarding the Roman Empire intermediately.As the mirror image of the‘other’in ancient Chinese culture,the image of Ta-chin showed a picture of the illusions of Roman civilization created by ancient Chinese,from which we can catch a glimpse of the external conceptions and the social spirits of the Han and Jin dynasties.
出处
《世界历史》
CSSCI
北大核心
2017年第5期141-155,共15页
World History
