The Research On Life Consciousness Of The Gods And Spirits Image In The Classic Of Moutains And Rivers

The ancient book——The Classic of Moutains and Rivers was writed by fragments, that seemingly don’t like a complete text, but it owns broad and profound connotation in fact. So far, scholars do research on The Classic of Moutains and Rivers from the angle of geography, history, mythology and other aspects, still can’t reach the exhaustion. This paper aims at getting rid of the old previous study pattern, starting at the gods and spirits of The Classic of Moutains and Rivers. Studying the internal vitality of The Classic of Moutains and Rivers from the aspect of life consciousness.The main structure of this paper is as follows:The introduction mainly introduces two points: firstly, the writing time and the quality dispute of The Classic of Moutains and Rivers, secondly, the present situation and significance of this research. The objective of introducing the writing time is to prepare for the background about this research. The quality dispute brings the possibility of multiple interpretations. But also provides feasibility for discussing the life consciousness of this research from the universe, the ethnic origind and the individual life.The first chapter is a prevue about the gods and spirits image of The Classic of Moutains and Rivers. Firstly, delimites the word "gods and spirits" briefly. Secondly, divides this chapter into two sections. The first section, divides the gods and spirits image to Four categories. The second section, summarizes the overall characteristic of the gods and spirits image from the form, function and thought.The second chapter discusses the cosmic space-time concept contained in the gods and spirits image. The first section discusses the time concept from initiation and durationto. The second section discusses the space structure and space order that the gods and spirits image contain. The concept of the universe contained in the image reflects the curious of ancient ancestors.The third chapter discusses the origin of nation consciousness contained in the gods and spirits image. The first section discusses matrilineal and patrilineal clan from the female reproductive worship and male reproductive worship; The second section discusses ancestor origin origin from the two aspects of animal ancestor origin and God ancestor origin. The clan origin and the ancestors origin reflect the imagination and exploration of ancient ancestors.The fourth chapter discusses the individual life experience in the gods and spirits image. The first section mainly discusses the consciousness of death and the demand of life; The second section discusses the spirit pursuit and social meaning of individual life. Individual life experience shows the experience and thinking about individual life himself.The conclusion summarizes the main contents, the train of thought and the research method of this paper.