试析我国新石器时代晚期人类对自然的认识及其对文明起源的影响

An Analysis of the Human Knowledge of Nature of the Late Neolithic Period and Its Influence on the Origin of Chinese Civilization

中国文明是多源的,但中原地区文明是唯一一支连续发展的文明。这除了与自然环境和气候变迁等客观原因有关之外,也不能排除早期人类对自然的认识等主观因素的影响。周边地区先民是以盲目崇拜的迷信思想为主,属客观唯心主义认识;中原地区先民则以崇尚科学的思想为主,是朴素的唯物主义认识。思想指导行动,这些认识应与中国古代文明起源的"多源一体"格局存在着必然的联系。

As is well known, Chinese civilization has not only a source, but the civilization of Central China is the only continuously developing one. The reason relates to some objective facts, such as natural environment and climatic change, as well as some subjective facts, such as the human knowledge of nature of late Neolithic period. The ancient people of the surrounding areas rely mainly on the superstitious ideas with blind admiration, which belongs to objective idealism; but the people of Central China put stress on the idea of respecting and promoting science, which belongs to naive materialism. It is notorious that actions is directed by thinking, so the knowledge should be in accordance with the pattern of diversity in unity of the ancient Chinese civilization.