谢六逸的神话研究及其学术史贡献

Xie Liuyi's Mythological Research and His Contribution to Academic History

我国的"神话学"研究,萌于清末民初,源于西方和日本神话学,得力于留学归国人员的构建。在其学科形成和发展过程中,谢六逸是一位作出较大贡献的学者。他一方面积极介绍西方神话的基本概况,向国人普及西方文学知识;另一方面则利用留日之便利,进行有系统的神话学史撰写,为中国现代"神话学"学科的形成做了很多基础性工作,值得肯定。

The discipline of " Mythology " in China ,which began in late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, originated from the influence of the West and Japan , and was setting up the returnees of the foreign countries. In the course of the formation and development of disciplines Xie Liuyi was a scholars who made great contribution. On the one hand, he has actively introduced western myths to popularize literature of knowledge for the Chinese people;on the other hand, he had used the help of Japan to write a systematic mythological history and formed a discipline for the modern Chinese Mythology to do a lot of basic work. We should recognize his position.