《汉书·五行志》的五行观

Five-Element Theory in Hanshu-Wuxingzhi

五行说的发展是一个漫长的过程。《汉书·五行志》的五行观念为灾异的人事比附,具体表现为五行灾的人事比附、妖祸异的人事比附。五行说的本质是虚幻的:不同学者的主观努力、不同集团的随意阐释、灾异解释的牵强附会。五行说对当下奇幻文学也产生了影响。

the development of the Five-Element Theory has a long history.The Five-Element Theory of Hanshu-Wuxingzhi is disaster-personalized and can be classified into the five-plague personalized and the demon-curse personalized.With its illusory nature,scholars can put subjective elements into its interpretation,different social groups interpret it at will for their own purposes and disasters are explained with far-fetching effects.It has influences on contemporary fantasy literature.