禹、契、后稷的感生神话:三代天命观的政治隐喻

Myths of Heaven-Induced Lives of Yu,Xie and Houji:Political Metaphors of 3-Generation Outlooks on Mandate of Heaven

《上博二·子羔》所载三代始祖禹、契、后稷感生神话的内在结构可能和三代天命观的结构演变之间存在内在对应关系,三王始祖的感生神话隐约表达出夏、商、周在论证其政权合法性过程中,可能有意造成一种殷比夏、周比殷更亲近天命的意图,这可能是在同一天命观念范式中论证王朝更替合法性时不得已而为之的必然结果,它们都可以理解为服务于王朝政权合法性论证的政治隐喻。

As is recorded in Shang Bo Er. Zi Gao theinner structure of the heaven-induced-life myths of the 3 first ancestors of Yu,Xie and Houji may possibly have a corresponding relationship with the evp;itopmaru strictire pf tje 3-gemeration outlooks on mandate of heaven. The myths of the heaveninduced lives of the 3 first king ancestors indistinctly convey the meaning that the dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou,in authenticating the legality of their powers might deliberately contrive on interpretation that the Yin Dynast was closer to the intention of heaven＇ s mandate than the dynasties of Xia and Zhou. It might be an inevitable outcome of an involuntary choice in authenicating the legality of dynasty substitution in the same conceptional paradigm of the mandate of heaven. Therefore, they may be understood as political metaphors serving the authentication of the legality of dynasty powers.