苏雪林楚辞学“九天”研究及其文化意义

Su Xuelin's Study of the“Ninth Heaven”in The Songs of Chu,and Its Cultural Significance

苏雪林用比较研究的方法,从自然哲学、神话学角度解释了《楚辞》中"九天"的概念、来源和延伸。根据其楚辞学"域外文化说"的基本论点,苏雪林认为《楚辞》"九天"的概念源自亚里士多德的天体论,在屈原时代传入中国,后衍变成中国神话中的九重天神系。苏雪林对《楚辞》九重天神系进行了中外文化比较研究,试图构建"中国神话系统"。苏雪林楚辞学的神话研究对中国神话学的建立具有一定的文化意义,同时苏雪林用外来文化阐释《楚辞》,对拓展楚辞学的跨文化研究和中华文化的开放性研究视野具有较大启发。

Su Xuelin has studied the concept,origin and extension of “ninth heaven” in The Songs of Chu from the perspectives of natural philosophy and mythology with methods of comparative study.According to her basic contentions in “foreign culture theory” for the study of The Songs of Chu ,Su Xuelin believes that the concept of “ninth heaven” derived from Aristotle's theories on celestial bodies,was imported to China during the period of Qu Yuan,and later evolved into the nine-stratum mythological system in China's mythology.Su Xuelin has conducted a comparative study between Chinese and foreign cultures on the nine-stratum mythological system in The Songs of Chu in an attempt to construct “China's Mythological System”.Su Xuelin's study of the mythologies in The Songs of Chu has certain cultural significance for China's mythology;at the same time,Su Xuelin has interpreted The Songs of Chu with foreign cultures,which is of great inspirational significance to expand the cross-culture study of The Songs of Chu and the open-label research perspective of Chinese culture.