谶纬与东汉社会思潮略议

Prophetic Theology and Social Trend of Thought in the Eastern Han Dynasty

谶纬是两汉时期独特的社会思潮。它的产生、盛行与衰落 ,与两汉时期的政治、思想状况密不可分。作为一种社会思潮 ,谶纬在很大程度上影响着东汉时期政治和思想的走向 ,并最终造成了东汉经学的衰落。谶纬的兴衰 ,反映出东汉时期政治主宰学术的特点 。

Prophetic Theology is a flow of distinctive social trend of thought in the Han Dynasty.Its life was connected closely with the politics and the thinking at that time.As a sort of social trend of thought,Prophetic Theology had great influence on the tendency of politics and thoughts in those days.Furthermore,it leads to descent of the Confucian Classics.In a word,the rising and falling of Prophetic Theology reflects the characteristic of politics'dominating learning,which results in the losing vigor of learning and thoughts in the Eastern Han Dynasty to a certain extend.