从《诗经》看宗教活动的世俗化

On the Secularization of Religious Rites in The Book of Songs

宗教祭祀活动受世俗的影响,逐渐解脱了肃穆的外套,向节日、游乐甚至向市场贸易方向演化,这是历史的必然过程。《诗经》中的很多情诗向我们展示了这一过程:宗教祭祀活动向宗教节日的转化,宗教节日向青年男女游乐集会的过渡。随着社会的发展,宗教活动将更多地融入世俗的内容。

It is an inevitable process of history that the religious sacrifice rites break away gradually under the influence of secularization from its solemn form and evolves into the trend toward festivals, entertainment and even market trade. Many love poems in The Book of Songs demonstrate such a process of transformation from religious sacrifice rites to religious festivals, and the transformation from religious festivals to entertainment and gatherings of young people. With the development of the society, more secular contents will be integrated into religious rites.