文明互鉴:中国与古希腊原始宗教信仰研究

Mutual Interpretation of Civilization: A Study on the Primitive Religious Beliefs of China and Ancient Greece

宗教是解读人类历史文明演进的重要工具。循着中国与古希腊各自原始宗教生成的脉络,可以窥见两点:一是宗教信仰从肇始就具有功利性,即人们试图用某种超自然力应对现实世界中的问题;二是文明进化的脚步往往在不同的区域殊途同归,其标识为城市国家、语言文字、宗教礼仪的出现。通过中国与古希腊原始宗教信仰比较,可以挖掘人类文明社会进步的始源性动因,探寻中西文明文化基因及其异同。

Religion is a key to interpret human history lowing the growth of original religions in China and Greece, are bonded with certain utilities from its very resolve the problem in the realistic world by though originating from distinct areas, have a and the evolutionary process of civilizations. Fol- we observe two similarities： First, religious beliefs beginning, namely a spiritual tool that people attempt to use to unrealistic power and means ; Second, different civilizations, al- tendency to evolve towards the same goal. Along their evolution- ary paths, we often see the appearance of cities, nations, quette. Through languages, written characters and religious eti- comparing Chinese and Greek religious thoughts, we are able to further explore the essential dynamics that promote the development of human society and its cultures. And this effort would help us decode the ＂genes＂ of oriental and western civilizations.