百田弥荣子的中国神话研究——以《中国传承曼荼罗》《中国神话的构造》为中心

Yaeko Momota's Chinese Mythology Study——Centered on The Chinese Passing-down Mandala and The Construction of Chinese Mythology

日本当代神话学家百田弥荣子对中国神话的研究兴趣,应放入日本的中国西南研究潮中流来看。其主要学术贡献是提出了中国神话以"公鸡雷神"为核心的曼荼罗构造。从曼荼罗构造的提出来看,其虽然不够完美,存在不少漏洞,但是她将中国神话结构化的尝试是值得肯定的。在研究方法与论证逻辑方面,百田氏的论据是十分丰富的,不仅数量多,而且种类多样,地域跨度与时间跨度均很广,但她的研究方法在逻辑上不够严谨,最大的问题是忽略了反面证据。在对日本相关材料进行引用的问题上,她的研究兴趣是中国神话本身,研究是脱离了日本本土立场的,也摒弃了为日本文化寻根的目标,而是将目光完整、彻底地放在了研究对象上。

The interest of contemporary Japanese mythologist Yaeko Momota in the study of Chinese mythology should be put into the middle stream of the research tide in southwest China of Japan.Its main academic contribution is to put forward the Chinese myth with “Rooster Thor” as the core of the mandala structure.From the structure of mandala,although it is not perfect and there are many loopholes,her attempt to structurize Chinese mythology is worthy of recognition.In terms of research methods and argumentation logic,Yaeko Momota’s arguments are very abundant,not only numerous but also diverse,with a wide range of geographical and time span.However,her research methods are not logically rigorous,and the biggest problem is that negative evidence is ignored.On the issue of quoting relevant Japanese materials,her research interest is Chinese mythology itself,which is divorced from Japan’s local standpoint and abandoned the goal of finding roots for Japanese culture,but focuses on the research object completely and thoroughly.