先秦盟誓的社会作用

Social Functions of Pledge in Pre-Qin

“盟誓”是先秦时期社会生活中特殊的现象,反映了先秦时期人们思想观念的变化,是这一时期社会激烈变革的真实写照。它不仅与当时人们的思想、文化发展水平相适应,而且其本身也随着当时的社会发展变革而不断变化,且在先秦时期各个阶段起到了不同的作用。

Pledge was an exceptive phenomenon in social life of Pre - Qin which was a true reflection of the drastic social changes and the shift in ideas of that time. It kept pace with the minds of people and the state of social development. More importantly, it was in response to the social changes and performed varied functions in different stages of Pre - Qin.