从人间到冥世:宋代冥契文化述论

From Human Society to Underground World:Comment on Ming Qi Culture of Song Dynasty

冥契作为中国传统文化里别具特色的现象,以其神秘的文化特质融通于中国人的生存空间。无论是实物冥契,还是口头冥契,在宋代,不仅普遍盛行于民间社会,并且取得官方的认同,其中实物冥契的规范形式一直延续到了晚清。他们在人间与冥世之间建构起一座沟通的虚拟桥梁,对后世造成深远的影响。特别是在其与儒家传统契合的过程中,平衡了宋人各阶层的心态,从而造就了宋代社会相对的稳定。

Mingqi, which is a special phenomenon in traditional Chinese culture, has the cultural characteristics of the mystery in Chinese people＇s living space. In Song Dynasty, both physical Ming Qi and oral Ming Qi, which are not only widely prevalent in civil society, but obtain official recognition. The canonical form of physical Ming Qi kind remained until late Qing. The unique cultural phenomenon, which is a kind of construction of a virtual, bridges human society and underground world, with its unique form of far-reaching effects on future generations. In the combination of confucian tradition, Mingqi balanced Song people at all levels, thus made Song Dynasty relativly and socially stable.