谈“天”与中国古人的神学观

RELATION BETWEEN “HEAVEN” AND CHINESE ANCIENTS' CONCEPT OF THEOLOGY

“天”是中国人的一个重要哲学及神学概念,在传世典籍里屡见不鲜,但此概念的渊源至少可追溯到甲金文时代。本文结合甲金文和传世典籍的相关材料,对我国古人对“天”这一观念的演变作一些初步的梳理,从而探讨一下古人的神学观。

The “heaven”,as an important Chinese philosophical and theological concept,often emerges in those books handed down from ancient times.However,the concept of origin,at least,could be traced back to the remote times when people wrote on the tortoise-shell or bronze wares.Now,this article will combine some documents written on tortoise-shells or bronze wares with the records handed down from ancient times and take some approximate study,so that we can research for the development of our ancients’ concept about the “heaven” and theology.