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Comparative Study Of "Shan Hai Ching" Myth And "Huainan Zi" Myth

Posted on:2016-12-31Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330470982024Subject:Ancient Chinese literature
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Since the “myth” as an academic concept has been introducted in our academic of the modern. Many scholars put their eye in “ShanHaiChing” and ”HuainanZi”text. Over the ancient time, many explanation about this books’ myth focusing on version editing and content dredging permits. In morden times, the method of mythology made us achieved fruitfully, including religion, politics, calendar, ethnic, archeology, astronomy, aesthetics and so on. But either busying their own business or among the entire system about all of the ancient myth. For the “Shan HaiChing” relations with "HuainanZi" myth is limited to each card, and material to prove its mythology system theory. Was not in the text book, on the basis of a systematic classification in this paper, the second book mythology system, compare the similarities and differences in the content, analysis of the causes of the similarities and differences, and the similarities and differences of comparative research on myth valuable regular pattern.First, the chapter I try to from the myth text,for each of this two books nature, and these books are classified on myth. According to Levi Bryul’s "law of mutual infiltration" and Edward Taylor propose some theory on the Myth, The "ShanHaiChing" myth has been divided of the natural world mythology, the gods of magic(witchcraft) and human manipulation of myth mythology three categories, each category also contains three categories myth. As for the "HuainanZi", because it is the philosophy of the times encyclopedic book summary nature of the Han Dynasty, which is inherent in the myth of the system in order to build its philosophy generated, with a clear philosophy of systematic tendencies. In conjunction with this, this paper will "Huainan Zi" myth of the system in accordance with the philosophy divided into two systems, both the system and the universe, the natural world mythology and gods and human mythology system.Second,the chapter II ased on the classification of two myths, we will book the myth of similarities between two books, then discuss two kinds of myths about "God" system and the "fetish" system. And two books simultaneously "overseas thirty-six," the mutual offset resistance excavation, and then based on this part of the discussion, to explore inheritance law in China ancient mythology between two books.At last,the chapter III comparative study of the performance of their mutual opposite, and then analyze the evolution myth forms the two books, including the "Tao" and "Yin and Yang" concept of the intervention and Epoch-making myths; myth natural substance systematic and evolution; God and human mythology evolution. And analysis on the basis of the reasons for its evolution, namely the history of myth; the philosophy of the strengthened; religious decline. Then trying to efforts to restore a process from "ShanHaiChing" in the original myth of the "HuainanZi" in the systematic philosophy of myth transformation. And according to the appearance and the reasons for this transformation process, make some Chinese ancient mythology for Reconstruction humble opinion, for scholars reference, so as to re-build the ancient Chinese mythology system building blocks.
Keywords/Search Tags:"Shan HaiChing", "HuainanZi", Myth, Comparative study, Original thinking
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