析民间司财神祇的产生经过

An Analysis of the Emerging of the God of Wealth

财神是我国民间信仰中占有重要地位的一种神祇。它在发展演变的过程中逐渐摈弃了随乡而立的乡土小财神,形成了比干、赵公明、关羽等真正意义上的三大财神。财神的产生绝非某些表层的原因所致,而是诸多因素交互作用的结果。主体的心理需求是这种信仰产生的原初动力,政治、经济和文化等因素可谓是外部助力。正是在这两种力量的共同作用下,最终促成了财神信仰的产生。

The god of wealth is an important god in the folk beliefs. In the course of its development, the God of Wealth, symbolized by Bi Gan, Zhao Gongming and Guan Yu, has gradually got rid of the small gods set up by the countrymen. The formation of the God of Wealth is the result of the interaction of many factors, but not of the external causes such as policy, economy and culture. The mental demand is the original motivation. The interaction of both the external and original powers eventually produced belief in the God of Wealth.