百越民族的水稻、浮稻与“鸟田”传说新解

The Paddy Rice, Floating Rice and the Legend of "Bird Field" among the Ancient Baiyue People: A New Explanation

《越绝书》、《吴越春秋》等古籍中记载的“鸟田” ,有的学者诠释为“以鸟助耕” ,这纯属误解。本文通过对百越民族谷物起源神话的分析 ,得出”鸟田”、“雒田”研究的新结论 :它们来源于古代百越民族的鸟、狗取稻种神话 ,原意是指水稻、浮稻和水田。

The 'bird field' recorded in Yuejueshu (General Records of Yue) and Wuyue Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn of the Wu and Yue) is explained by some researchers as the field being plowed with the help of birds. This is an obvious mistake. By means of an analysis of the Baiyue's myth of the origin of crops, this paper suggests a new explanation of the 'bird field' and 'luo field'. Referring to paddy rice, floating rice and paddy field in their original meaning, these names first came from the ancient Baiyue (one hundred ethnic groups of the Yue)'s myth that birds and dogs helped fetch the rice seeds,