《左传》神秘预言及其文献来源

Mysterious Prophecies and Literature Sources of Zuo Zhuan

《左传》载录有大量极为灵验的神秘预言,其范围包括星占、梦占、卜筮、相人等各个方面,从理性与常识的立场来看,这些预言既不可能是实录,又不尽是左氏的附会,与《左传》中借助贤人君子凭借"德"、"礼"原则进行的预言源流不同。在《左传》之前,就已经产生了大量分类编纂的专书,《左传》作者广采当时文籍,并卜书及杂占书、纵横家、小说、讽谏等,这些神秘预言应当所来有自,可能出自当时流传的卜筮、杂占一类的术数类专书。

There are enormous of mystical prediction in Zuo Zhuan,including horoscopy,oneiromancy,divination,face reading and so on.From the standpoint of reason and common sense,Zuo Zhuan contained a lot of mysterious prophecies of divining,neither is the Record,it is not all excursus by the writer of Zuo Zhuan,the prediction origin in this part of the material is different from the principle about ＂morality＂ and ＂courtesy＂ of gentleman in Zuo Zhuan.A conjecture is that it may come from Shushu specific books on Divination.