《尚书·禹贡》“鸟鼠同穴”考辩

A Study of "Niao Shu Tong Xue" in Shangshu YuGong

"鸟鼠同穴"是历代典籍所记载的地理文化名词,在我国文化史上具有重要的地位。该词所指称的山岳确切地理位置目前已不可考,所论及的"鸟"与"鼠"实际上种类繁多,甚而"名""实"两差,其"鼠"多为"兔(鼠兔)"。结合文献资料和现代科学考察,还可知此类现象不过是自然界的偶发现象。历代沿袭的错误认识是古人在缺乏现代科学认知背景下的误读与误解。

＂Niao shu tong xue＂ is a historical record of the geographical and cultural terms, in the history of our culture has an important position. The mountain of the word refer to the exact geographical location has not test, and the ＂bird＂ and ＂mouse＂ in variety, even the ＂name＂ and ＂reality＂ of two, the ＂rat＂ for ＂rabbit（pika）＂. Combined with literature review and modern scientific knowledge, it is also known that this phenomenon is a natural phenomenon. The erroneous understanding of the past dynasties is the misunderstanding and misunderstanding of the ancients in the lack of modern scientific cognition.