中国视野下的圣经宇宙起源论——跨文本阅读的想象与实践

Biblical Cosmology in Chinese View: The Imagination and Practice of Cross-Textual Reading

宇宙起源论是创世神话思考的一个重要方面,这在希伯来圣经《创世记》1-3和汉文古籍创世神话里都有具体表现。《创世记》1-3反映的是一种创造论的宇宙起源模式,追溯中文"创造"的涵义,它最初并不表示宇宙起源。汉籍创世神话里的宇宙起源模式表现出以混沌为基础的自生特点,而盘古神话整合了混沌和化身型宇宙起源模式,使汉籍创世神话内部圆融和谐。由此反观《创世记》1-3,两个创造叙事内部也呈现合一的特征。

Cosmogony is one of the most important themes in the creation myths. This is reflected not only in the creation stories in Genesis 1-3, but also in the creation myths of ancient Chinese texts. The cosmogony found in Genesis 1-3 represents a kind of creationism model. But the Chinese phrase chuang-zao does not originally mean cosmogony. The cosmogony in ancient Chinese texts has the character of emerging of itself based on the concept of Chaos. The myth of Pan-gu creation integrates the theme of Chaos and that of incarnation, and there is harmony in the cosmogony of ancient Chinese texts. Reviewing Genesis 1-3 in the light of Pan-gu creation myth, a harmony between the two creation stories can also be found in Genesis 1-3.