《搜神记》巫术灵物的文化意蕴

The Meaning Culture of the Magic Sprite in Searching Deities

《搜神记》的主要内容是"集古今神祗灵异人物变化",这些内容包含了中国古代丰富的巫术文化。在巫术活动中要使用一定的工具作为一种沟通人神的媒介,这种工具一般被称为巫术灵物,也叫巫术实物。大多数灵物是被用于驱鬼辟邪由此而体现了深邃的文化意蕴。《搜神记》中所记录的神鬼巫术故事中运用最多的巫术实物是植物和动物。这些作为巫术实物的动植物体现着中国早期人类在认识自然过程中所凝结的文化蕴涵,也反映出中国早期人类的宗教思想。

The main contents of Searching Deities show us the ＂changes of sprite and ghost ＂, which contains ancient Chinese magic figures culture. Magic activities in the implementation of certain tools are used as a medium for communication between people and God, such tools are generally known as sprite of magic, also known as a media between sprite and mankind. This sprite is being used expelling ghost thus contains deep cultural implication. Spartan stories of magic sprite recorded in Searching Deities most use plants and animals. Such magic kind of plants and animals reflect Chinese cultural implication in the early process of understanding the nature, and also reflects the ancient Chinese religious thinking.