圣王·正统·神仙——论秦汉时期黄帝传说的政治文化内涵

The Holy, the Legitimate and the Immortal ——On the political and cultural connotation of the Yellow Emperor legends in the Qin-Han Preiod

秦汉时期的黄帝传说以黄帝的生平、功德、政事、世系为核心 ,构成了一个独特的文化系统。在黄帝传说中 ,圣王、正统、神仙三者被有机地联系在一起 ,体现了大一统政治所应遵循的基本政治原则 :天人关系原则 ,政治道德原则 ,权力分配原则。依据黄帝传说所体现的政治原则和政治象征意义 ,秦汉时期的统治者和儒生、方士进行了积极的政治实践 。

In the Qin-Han Period, the legends about the Yellow Emperor (Huang Di) were mostly about his life, merits and virtues, government affairs and lineage, which constituted a particular cultural system. In these legends, the holy, the legitimate and the immortal are organically connected. This embodies the basic political principles necessary for a united politics: heaven-man relationship principle, political and moral principle, and power distribution principle. According to the political principles and political symbolism, the rulers and scholars during that period engaged actively in the political practice and formed a particular political and cultural mode.