两晋南朝名家先世故事象征意义及故事的讲述

On the Ancestry Myths and Their Meanings in Jin and South Dynasties

两晋南朝时期的门阀谱牒,从历史文化的角度来看,其意义并非单纯地记录历史,而是建立起某种相对于现实的参考坐标。在这个过程中,对"先世"荣光的集体"追忆"成为一种精神上的溯源仪式,而将家族集体记忆中的"先世"故事变为和现实同构的某种象征。

From the visual angle of the history and culture, the genealogy of cultural nobility in Jin and South Dynasties may have meanings which are not limited at recording the ＂true history＂. In other words, what the writers wanted might be forming coordinates in the real society. During the process, their noble honor was recalled. The stories in their memory about their ancestors finally became a myth, even a symbol, and in this way their memory is sometimes considered as a source-tracing rite.