浅析《山海经》中的昆仑神话

An Analysis of the Kunlun Myth in the Book of Mountains and Seas

《山海经》中的昆仑神话因其可能记载了昆仑山的最初形态而备受关注,其中有关昆仑虚实、地理位置和文化意义的争论最为引人注目。然而由于书中涉及昆仑内容庞杂且虚实难辨,这样的研究很容易落入以今视古的窠臼。《山海经》承载着我国先民的原始地理观及其背后的神话崇拜,只有摒弃科学地理的考证方式,从神话地理观的角度去解读昆仑山的精神意义,才能从本质上抓住这一重要神话体系所反映的原始思维传统。

The reason why lot of attention is given to the Kunlun myth in the Book of Mountains and Seas isthat it possibly records the initial form of the Kunlun Mountains, and the controversies about the Kunlun＇s actualsituation, geographical position and the cultural significance are the most eye-catching. However, because contentrelated to the Kunlun Mountains is complex and difficult to be distinguished, studies about it are easy to fall into theset pattern of studying the ancient from the modern perspective. The book carries the original geographical conceptof our ancestors and the myth behind the worship. Only by abandoning textual research of the scientific geography,and interpreting the spirit of the Kunlun Mountains from the perspective of mythological geography, can we graspthe original thinking tradition reflected by the important mythology system essentially.