中国古代的信息崇拜——惜字林、拾字僧与敦煌石窟

Information Worship in Ancient China

信息包括大自然系统运动的信息及社会信息。古人认为前者是天意，后者是人奉天承运而产生的。天伦昨睚然信息与人文信息，都是神圣的，都具有生命力，因此，他们对信息小分地崇拜。人们把嘉禾、庆云、龙凤等视作神灵，人们也崇拜龟卜、河图洛兮和文字。人们祭兮、建惜字林、设拾字僧、开凿敦煌石窟，表明了人们对人文信息的崇拜。信息崇拜是中国传文化的特征，同时揭示了敦煌石窟的来由。

AbstractInformation includes information of the movement of the natural system and social informa-tion. Ancient people believed that the former was the will of heaven, while the latter resultedfrom human obedience to the will of heaven ; and that both natural and human information weresacred and full of life. So ancient people greatly worshipped information. Information worshipwas one of the characteristics of traditional chinese culture.