古代域外旅行记中的文化观念辨析

On the Cultural Conception in the Ancient Travels about Foreign Lands

古代域外旅行记中所建构起来的异国形象,是一种奇特的隐喻和象征。其中所蕴涵的对于华夏与外邦文明之间关系的价值观念,是官方意识形态与民间文化心理共同作用的结果,也是理解历史传统的尺度和背景。必须批判地利用这些古代文学的生动描述,因为正是在旅行与观看的过程中,才会感受到剧烈的文化冲突和心灵震撼,并激起深刻的精神反思和观念转向,使掩蔽于本土语境中的许多深层因素赫然显现。

The image of foreign countries in the ancient classical travels is a fantastic metaphor and symbol as well as the measure and background by which we comprehend historical tradition. The values contained in the travels in regard the interaction of official concepts to the relations between Chinese and exotic civilization is generated by and people＇s mentality. These vivid descriptions in the ancient travels give rise to national conceptive contradictions and the cultural introspection arise from it. Consequently, many deep factors that have been hiding in the native contexts emerge.