先秦道家宇宙生成论中的神话话语

Mythological Discourse in the Cosmogony of Pre-Qin Daoist

西方古典学对神话与哲学之关系的研究,对研究中国古典学中的相关问题,有重要的参照意义。作为哲学传统诞生初期的一种建构性话语,在先秦道家宇宙生成论中出现的一系列重要概念——道、水、气、天地和阴阳,等等——都与神话传统密切相关。两种传统在春秋战国时期的相互作用,主要呈现出哲学对神话之“继绝”与神话对哲学之“重新介入”。以一和气为核心的哲学概念在相关文本中的意义变化情况,是内容方面的例证;“大传统”视域下用韵、图像材料和话语结构的比较研究,则分别以《鹖冠子》文本、子弹库帛书、马王堆帛画和线性时间序列的话语结构为例,从话语形式方面对前者进行补充和深化。

Studies on the relationship between western classical myth and philosophy provide a gratifying model for related studies in the area of Chinese classics.As a part of constructional discourses appeared at the initial stage of Chinese philosophical tradition,concept series like Dao(道),Shui(水),Qi(气),Tian-di(天地)and Yinyang(阴阳),have close relationship with the mythological tradition.The philosophical tradition has carried on the lost learning of the mythological tradition,while the latter has strongly affected the construction of the former.Take Yi(一)and Qi as the core,the transmutation of meanings of philosophical concepts could be taken as examples of the aspect of the content.And through the studying on Ho-Kuan-Tzu,the silk book,the silk picture and the discourse construction of the series of time line,comparative discussions of rhymes,images and discourse constructions will deepen this topic in the aspect of discourse form.