作为伦理世界的中国古神话——从《山海经》探究中国古神话的伦理精神

Ancient Chinese mythology regarded as ethical world——an exploration of ethical spirit contained in Classic of Mountains and Rivers

古神话是人类文明的精神基因,以独特而极具魅力的方式展现了人性的本然状态和精神世界的伦理诉求。作为精神原生态的中国古神话是先民对自己生活世界的最初认识,《山海经》渗透了原始先民对周围世界的创造力量的信念。伦理世界是由单一物与普遍物的统一构成的实体性的世界。中国式"伦理世界"的自然样态最初体现为古神话中"天人合一"的世界观。中国古神话透过传说故事等精神现象形态,创造出一个世界和心灵的综合统一体;进行着人的规律与神的规律的矛盾运动;实现着伦理世界的预定和谐。

The ancient mythology is the origin of human civilization,representing the human nature and ethical appeal of mental world in a unique and quite charming manner.The ancient Chinese mythology is our ancestors' first recognition of their own living world.The ancient version of Classic of Mountains and Rivers reflects their faith on creative power of the world.Their ethical world is a substantive world,which is a unity of singleness and universality.The natural state of Chinese ethical world initially embodied the worldview of unity of heaven and human.By transmitting these legendary and native stories,the ancient Chinese mythology created a unity of world and soul,reflected contradictory motion between human rules and godly laws and realized the pre-established harmony of the ethical world.