The Research Into The Book Of Songs With The Religious Culture Of Zhou Dynasty

the Book of Songs includes rich religious cultural content, the ancient research into religious culture of the Book of Songs mainly concentrate on sacrifice poem of " San Song ", Yet it has made little contribution to the study. The contemporary scholars drew lessons from the idea and method of cultural anthropology folklore science of religion culture . They have found and analyzed religious culture hidden deeply into "guo feng" and have made brilliant achievements. To our slight disappointment, few people had made whole and systematic research into the religious culture of the Book of Songs. This text will make research into the religion cultural content of the Book of Songs in an all-round way. on one hand, proceeding to make the lasting research in order to find its train of development; on the other hand, making synchronic dissection in order to distinguish its ethnicity characteristic. The thesis make comprehensive research so as to show overall picture of religious culture in the Book of Songs era.The second chapter analyzes remains of primitive religious culture in Zhou dynasty mainly through "guo feng". It focus on not only visible remains including incantation swear divination witch dance, but also other invisible remains of reproduction and totemism worship. With historical comparison and microcosmicdissection, Author find that the remains of primitive religious culture demonstrate the following characteristics: The recessiveness of the existing way, folk custom of the expression form, the ration of the ideology and the complicating of phenomenon form.The third chapter mainly through "Ya Song" probe into the transmutation of patriarchal traditional religion in Zhou dynasty. Author find that no matter "the natural laws " replacing "God's will " in "Xi Zhou" earlier stage , or people surpassing divinities in "Xi Zhou" middle stage ; No matter "changing direction to reality " in "Xi Zhou" later stage, or "the tendency of etiquette and custom" during "Chun Qiu" period , their transmutation orbits demonstrate the following trend: humanism at religious ideology, the tendency of etiquette and custom at religious activities, the ethical tendency at orientation of value.The fourth chapter firstly through the poem relevant to Zhou Song and Da Ya, Author find that "Zhou Dynasty" persons regarded virtue as the medium of supernatural reaction, their religious culture demonstrates the sober and solemn characteristic; And infer that the phenomenon have something to do with "agricultural production mode ", "the lesson from Yin Dynasty ". Then author find that "Song" persons regarded desire as the medium of supernatural reaction by researching "sang song". Its religious culture demonstrates confused and overbearing characteristic. Author also infer that the phenomenon have something to do with influence of uncivilized convention of "Yin Period" persons' religion. Finally, Author tentatively believe that zhou nan han guang may be a sacrificial poem through which Chu persons attracted the goddess of River Han. Then author analyze eccentric characteristic of religious culture of Chu persons, combining with Jiu Ge. Acturally, the eccentric characteristic comes from the fact that Chu persons regard passion as medium of supernatural reaction at religious activities. In addition to this, Author infer that the phenomenon may be under the influence of original inhabitants' primitive religious culture.Author keep on pondering over the influence on Chinese cultural tradition aftercomprehensive investigation into religious culture during the Book of Songs era, with carefully analyzing into the relevant materials of ancient books and records , such as ShangShu ZuoChuan GuoYu etc, Author think: the tendency of ration humanism ethics etiquette and custom of the religion during Zhou dynasty exert influence on rational spirits humanism spirit -. the trend of esteem virtue and courtesy in cultural tradition, or go one step further to say , the former is one of the latter's sources , the lat...