从《马来纪年》看古代马来人对中国形象的认知

Ancient Malays' Perceptions of Chinese Image:as Viewed from Sejarah Melayu

《马来纪年》被马来人奉为历史经典,本文通过对《马来纪年》中相关中国章节的分析,认为马来人对中国形象的认知是:中国人与马来人同源而生,中国是与马来古代王国一样强大的大国,与马来古国有着密切的亲缘关系,友好往来,和睦相处;中国不畏强权,爱好和平,十分富有,人口众多,兵强将广;中国皇帝具有巨大的财富和强大的兵力,威仪非凡,但也不能违抗真主的意志而要求马来国王称臣纳贡;中国人充满智慧、机智和勇敢,彬彬有礼,温文敦厚,不信奉伊斯兰教,而吃猪肉和猪油。当然,《马来纪年》中勾勒出的中国形象是马来人自我认同中而相应产生的"他国"形象,也只是"虚幻"和"真实"的产物。

Sejarah Melayu is considered as a historical classics by Malay.Through the analysis of the chapters related to China in Sejarah Melayu,this paper holds that the Malays perceptions of Chinese image are as follows: the Chinese and Malays are born of the same origin.China is as powerful a country as ancient Malay kingdom;China is a country which is fearless of might,peace-loving,populous and so on;although Chinese emperor has immense wealth and powerful military forces,he can not require the Malay king to sub...