中国哲学前轴心期之神话渊源

The Mythological Sources of Chinese Philosophy in Pre-axial Period

正如尼采点明“日神精神”和“酒神精神”是西方哲学精神在前轴心期神话时代的渊源 ,“夸父精神”和“女娲精神”是中国哲学精神在前轴心期神话时代的渊源。夸父精神是一种阳刚进取的“非理性”精神 ,而女娲精神是一种阴柔包容的“理性”精神。这两种基本精神呈现为互补关系 ,共同构成中华民族哲学的二元一体格局。经过轴心时期的理性转换 ,尤其是经过周易哲学的话语转换 。

Just as Nietzsche pointed out that Dionysus'spirits and Apollo's spirits were the mythological sources of Western philosophy in Pre-axial Period,Kuafu's spirits and Nüwa's spirits were the mythological sources of Chinese philosophy in Pre-axial Period.Kuafu's was a irrational spirit of vigour and enterprise,while Nüwa's was a rational spirit of gentleness and lenity.They appeared in a relation of mutual-complement and formed the dual-integration of Chinese national phiosophy.Through the rational transformation in the Axial Period,especially that of philosophical utterance in the Book of Change,both of them became the central spirits of the philosophy of Chinese Nation.