从《拾遗记》看先秦至魏晋时人的域外观念

Recognition of Alien Civilization from Pre-Qin Periods to Wei and Jin Dynasties according to the Book of Shi Yiji

《拾遗记》成书于东晋十六国时期,记述了上古伏羲至晋代诸多异域远国的传说、神话、奇闻逸事,包含着先秦至魏晋时人对异域孝文化、历法、耕织文化、幻术、学术等方面的认知,总体上体现了当时中国人的域外文明观念。这一域外观念与传统华夷观并存,共同构成了中国古代的天下观。

The book of Shi Yiji written in the Eastern Jin Dynasty included a great many legends,myths and anecdotes from the ancient times of Emperor FU Xi to the Eastern Jin Dynasty(317-420),which contained Chinese cognition at that time,and embodied ancient Chinese idea of acknowledging alien civilization.The idea was coexisted with ancient Chinese traditional concept about foreign lands,which people often self-centered and looked down on surrounding nations.So the two opposite ideas together constituted ancient Chinese world view.