道家寓言与“夸父逐日”神话

The Taoist Fable and "Kua Fu's Race With the Sun " Mythology

寓言是中国古代神话形成的一个重要途径。战国时期形成的"夸父逐日"神话是由道家寓言故事演化而来的,寓意在于讥讽夸父式违背天道不自量力的愚者行为。用进化论和自然神话论解释而来的原始社会父权制确立的反映和自然现象的反映等结论不能成立。摈弃西方进化论神话理论,采用文化要素分析法,用中国文化来解释中国神话是21世纪中国神话学研究的理想选择。

The fable is an important way in which China's ancient mythology forms. 'Kua Fu's race with the sun' mythology that was formed during the Warring States Period evolved from Taoist fable. The moral lies in ridiculing Kua Fu's foolish behavior of violating the nature and overestimating one's own strength. The conclusions of responses to the patriarchy establishment of primitive society and the natural phenomena, which came from the explanation of evolutionism mythical theory, are untenable. Abandoning the mythical theory of western evolutionism, adopting the analytical method of key cultural elements and explaining the Chinese mythology with the Chinese culture are the ideal ways in which the Chinese mythology is studied in the 21st century.