谈“天”与中国古人的神学观

On the Relationship between Heaven and Chinese Ancients' Concept of the 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骨文、金文时代。本文结合甲骨文、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 。

Heaven, as an important Chinese philosophical and theological concept, often emerges in those books handed from ancient times. However, its origin,at least, could be traced back to the remote times, when people wrote the characters on bones and tortoise-shells or bronze wares. And now, this article combines some documents written on bones and tortoise-shells or bronze wares with the records handed from ancient times and makes some initial studies of the development of Chinese ancients＇ concept about Heaven, in order to make a deep research on ancients＇ concept of the theology.