礼之起源——中国古乐的媒介功能观新探

The Origin of Rites: A New Study on the Media Function of Ancient Chinese Music

礼乐是中国传统文化的主干,华夏文明也被冠以'礼乐文明'之称。'相须以为用'的礼与乐,经历原始氏族社会到夏商周三代的不断结合、发展、演进,逐渐形成中华礼乐文化的基本形态。在'礼'文化滥觞期,融诗、歌、舞于一体的中国古乐作为一种礼制秩序(关系)形塑的'媒介'和礼文化生成的实在力量,承载着人神(祖)之间信息传递、引渡神性、解密'天启'信息等媒介性功能,'礼乐协同',进而成为中国传统社会治理中系统而完善的政治符号媒介。

As the backbone of Chinese traditional culture,rites and music,which are inseparably interconnected,has gone through the continuous connection,development and evolution from the primitive clan society to the Xia,Shang and Zhou dynasties so as to gradually form the basic form of Chinese ritual and music culture.At the beginning of the'ritual'culture,Chinese ancient music integrates poetry,song and dance,which serves as a'medium'for the formation of ritual order(relationship)and a real force for the formation of ritual culture,hence carrying the media functions of information transmission,extradition of divinity and decryption of'apocalypse'information between human beings and gods(ancestors).'Coordination of rites and music'has become a systematic and perfect medium of political symbols in the governance of Chinese traditional society.