Chinese Mythology History In The First Half Of The 20th Century

Chinese mythology research experience for more than a century, in the development of the joint efforts of scholars, has made considerable achievement. These research results obtained, make not only mythological subjects maturity possible, more relevant discipline (such as: literature, history, philosophy, etc) development provides enough of its use of abundant materials. In the 21st century, past a century of mythology research status on a more thorough review, appear very necessary. But, as far as we know, from the standpoint of the history of mythologicalAngle of the myth of the past century a relatively comprehensive research on the comb and summarizes the paper numbered, the depth of the study to be strengthened. Among them, especially should emphasis is in the 20 century, (1903-1949) Chinese mythology research systematically sorting and summing paper is slender non-dom status. But this period is China’s mythological, as an independent discipline from scratch, from initial set up to critical period of development mature. This time, not only in the mythology research definition, object, scope, theory and methods, etc, had greater breakthrough study lays a foundation for later generations; More importantly, this period, a large number of emerged for the mythological development made important contributions scholars, they published numerous mythology research papers, also published a significant quantities of mythological research works. They not only with its profound philology strength, from the complexity of the literature to extract numerous myths, and with its sharp problem consciousness, bold will mythology research vision on contains rich folk myths resources. The work started, not only at the time, is in today still have realistic meanings.Although, there are part of scholars not will mythology research as his main research direction, but they from their areas of study of the myth of the witness, but to promote mythology research inadvertently made significant contributions. This among them, some scholars known not only for myth, and in scholars such as history, literature, folklore also has important influence areas, such as liang qichao, lu xun, wen yiduo’s, maodun, zhou zuoren, gu jiegang, either, ZhongJingWen etc; Other scholars, but for a variety of reasons, although once in mythological development road of who has made great contribution, some conclusions until today is still the researchers had honored, but has gradually faded out of the line of sight, such as RuiYiFu, JiangShaoYuan, LouZiKuang, MaChangShou, Yellowstone, CenGuWu, DongZuoBin etc. This paper expounds the main problems that in China, it is trying to the early stages of mythology research (1903 - 1949) do a more systematic carding and summarized, not only from the Angle of history of mythological subjects to then research to reasonable positioning, more important is the highlights in the turmoil in the researchers pay for myth institute of painstaking efforts.The main body part of this paper divided into the following four parts: text sorting and theory, the myth theoretical research, translation, the Chinese ancient mythical case study of mythology research genre.Text finishing and theory of translation part, mainly is elaborated scholars through careful collecting, collating rice-for-crime local myths material, through the translation, to spread the western mythology, and explore the theory of Chinese mythology research method and theory system, make China mythological growth for a complete system gradually independent discipline. Myth theory research of myth, through the part, the scope, classification, concept and the cultural meaning evolution in five aspects, reflecting the analysis process of early mythology research, scholars have made in mythology research the great achievements of the great influence on later generations and. Myth case study section, select flooding myths research, sea classics mythology research and panhu mythology research relevant research achievements of micro and macro analysis, through double of the method of combining grasping, highlights the researchers in mythology research from breadth research to depth research transformation. The Chinese ancient mythology research genres part, is this paper expounded to focus the content. This section is divided into two chapters five section, according to the purposes and methods of different, respectively and research achievements early myth researchers takes ownership school of mythology, human school mythology, historical school mythology, national school mythology, folk school mythological under five schools, so that the classification, can not only will the period researchers research achievements, and be able to sorting out the system fully embodies the researchers treat myth, which fully reflects different ethnic culture reveals mythology as the source of value function.From the perspective of the history of mythological early mythology research systematically summarized, carding and not only beneficial to improve mythological as an independent discipline the integrity, but also to help from the source of the development of Chinese mythology clear context, to learn the mythology research further provide the necessary reference.