从传奇到传说——对夏同龢状元故事的文化人类学考察

From Saga to Folklore: A cultural anthropologic review

夏同龢高中状元,对于远离文化政治中心,文教并不发达的贵州麻江和麻江周边地区的乡民社会来说,是破天荒的大事件。如何理解这个事件,并从这一事件的震撼所导致的漩涡中回归到正常生活,事关乡民生活方式的稳定与持续。对比夏氏家族的客观记载和关于夏同龢状元的民间传说,我们可以看到,小传统利用民间信仰和神话叙事手段,消解了大传统的影响,维持了小传统的持续与稳定。

Xia Tonghe ＇ s coming out first in the palace examination was an epoch - making event to the people in Guizhou Majiang County and its surrounding areas far away from the political and cultural centre and less developed in culture and education. How to understand this event and to resume their normal life from the whirling pool caused by this event concerns the stability and continuity of the life style of the civilians. A contrast of the subjective record of the Xia＇ s family and the folklore of Xia Tonghe＇ s Number On Scholar will show that the lesser tradition uses the means of narrative by civil belief and mythology to clear up the influence of the grand tradition and continued and stabilized the lesser tradition.