柿本人麻吕的“天皇即神思想”与古代中国的神仙思想

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's Thought of "Mikado Being God" and Ancient Chinese Idea about Immortals

柿本人麻吕是日本万叶时代最著名的歌人之一,他的反映"天皇即神思想"的作品对古代日本乃至现代日本社会都产生过巨大的影响。所谓"天皇即神思想",顾名思义,就是说天皇是"神",而不是"凡人"的思想。事实上,这种思想完全脱离了古代日本传统的"人神分离"的神观念。那么,生活在这样一种神观念的社会里,柿本人麻吕为什么会萌生"天皇即神"的思想呢?笔者认为,他的这种思想,事实上和古代中国的神仙思想有着密切的关系。

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was one of Japan＇ s famous singers during the period of Man-yo, whose works representing the ideology of＂A mikado should be considered as God ＂have exerted huge impact on Japan both in the past and in the present. The ideology can be interpreted as a belief of mikado as ＂god＂ instead of a mortal, which in fact is very different from the traditional ideology of ＂the separation between the mortal and god＂. Then why did Kakinomoto no Hitomaro come up with such an idea of ＂A mikado should be considered as God ＂despite the fact that the time period he was living in clearly separated mortals from god？ The author of this paper proposes that the generation of such a new idea cannot be separated from the ancient Chinese idea about immortals.