《左传》神异预言与中国古代史学传统

The Miraculous Prophecies in Zuozhuan and Their Impacts to Traditional Chinese Historiography

《左传》历史叙事中夹带大量带有神异色彩的预言。此类预言,是《左传》历史叙事方式的内在组成部分,它们继承并体现了夏商至于战国时期宗教迷信思维与历史思维间复杂的纠结。在《左传》史学叙事中,这些神异预言成为历史因果和道德教训阐释的表达方式。其后,宗教性思维与事实陈说及道德史观更深入地相互结合,构成了中国古代史学传统的一个突出特色。

There are a large number of miraculous prophecies in the narratives of Zuozhuan(《左传》). This way of historical writing combined with both superstitious and reasonable thinking reflects the mental complex of people in that times. In Zuozhuan, miraculous predictions become a factor to express causal explanations and historical moral teaching. Influenced by Zuozhuan in certain degree, religious belief and historical illustration, as well as moral judgment combined more deeply in later historical writings, which become one of the most important features of traditional Chinese historiography.