摘要
中国灾害神话中蕴含着生活于这片土地上的先民对灾害的深刻记忆及其应对经验和伦理,其中既有同世界其他民族相似的情节,也有独具的母题和特点:治水、补天、射日、兄妹婚等母题表明,中国灾害神话的叙事核心并不在于强调人对神的被动服从,而在于主动征服灾害。神话中所强调的"主动依靠自己的力量,通过坚忍不拔的努力以克服灾害,哪怕付出巨大代价"的精神,以及"灾害的发生是对人类失当的道德和行为的惩罚"的观念,都使中国灾害神话具有鲜明的道德教诲基调,形塑了中国人的灾害伦理观。它为后世的观念和行为提供了镜鉴,并深刻影响了当代中国的灾害叙事。
The Chinese mythology of disasters contains the profound memories of the ancestors living on this land,as well as their experiences and ethnics to cope with disasters,in which there are not only plots similar to other ethnic groups in the world,but also unique motifs and characteristics.The motifs such as controlling flood,repairing the broken sky,shooting down the surplus suns and brother-sister marriage show that the core of the Chinese mythology narrative is not to emphasize the passive obedience of human beings to gods,but is to conquer disasters actively.Both the spirit of"actively relying on one's own power and working hard to overcome disasters persistently,even paying a huge price"in the mythology,and the concept that"the occurrence of disasters is a punishment for the misconducting morals and behaviors"make the Chinese mythology of disasters possess a distinct moral teaching tone and shape the ethnics of disaster.It provides a mirror for the concepts and behaviors of later generations and profoundly affects the disaster narrative in contemporary China.
出处
《民俗研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2018年第6期57-66,共10页
Folklore Studies
关键词
自然灾害
中国神话
灾害伦理
灾害叙事
natural disaster
Chinese mythology
ethnics of disaster
disaster narratives
