对“楚人”创造历史的再评价——兼论楚汉文化的“非物质遗产”继承

Reevaluation of the Historical Achievements of the Chu People --On the Inheritance of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Chu and Han Cultures

“三户亡秦”之说，流传二千二百多年，被人误解为历史宿命。除列国斗争的背景外，“亡秦”的历史变革以人性升华、人格演变为先导，并触及了“人民”与“英雄”的再评价。“一人兴汉”较少疑义，但楚与汉的血脉通亦多被史家忽略，司马迁称刘邦为“大圣”，非虚说。历史不再给“楚人”另一个机会，所以楚与汉的后人只好以昨天为自豪，提出“非物质遗产”的继承，为一人文理想。

The story that the Chu nation with less than three households were destined to overthrow the Qin Dynasty has been told for more than two thousand and two hundred years, and it has even been mistaken as a historical destiny. Against the background of warring states, the historical change that resulted in the collapse of the Qin Dynasty is headed by the glorification of individual value and evolvement of the human pursuit, and it further touches the redefinition of ＂People＂ and ＂Hero＂. There is little doubt about the statement that it＇s a single man （ i. e. Liu Bang, first emperor of the Han Dynasty） that has led the Han nation to thrive, yet historians often neglect the fact that Chu and Han are interlinked, and some even take pleasure in denouncing Liu Bang＇s contributions. The fact is that Liu Bang is a ＂great saint＂ just as Sima Qin （a famous historian in the Han Dynasty） has put it History will not grant the Chu nation another chance, hence the descendents of the Chu and Han nations have only to take pride in their past and advocate the inheritance of the intangible cultural heritage.