The View Of The Ocean In The Pre-Qin Period

The pre Qin period,the people of the ocean have a preliminary understanding,the pre Qin works also appeared several times about the sea records.In the pre Qin period of historical documents as the basis,to the pre Qin’s academic thought as the key point,on the basis of previous research results,combined with the relevant data of unearthed cultural relics,combs and the integration of the pre Qin period ocean view,a comprehensive display of the connotation characteristics,ocean view in this period,the process of formation and development.The sea view is a comprehensive understanding about the oceans,presents a picture of the ocean,there are people on the relation of people,there are people in the process of social activities to know and transform the ocean in ways of thinking and practice.It includes marine and human,political,philosophical thought of combining,Marine Geographic spatial cognition the worship of gods,etc.,in practice refers to the development and exploitation of the ocean.Chinese has a long coastline,from north to South are Bohai,the Yellow Sea,the East China Sea,the South China Sea.During the pre Qin period,with more and more people contact on the ocean,people look on the ocean in abundant natural resources and marine locations,and there is a certain temperature understand.These form the sea view to lay a certain foundation."World view" is the pre Qin period people on the sea and land space imagination and construction of most of the features of the content,its development process has the characteristic of "combination".The "universal" original meaning refers to the mainland is all surrounded by waters,in the history of the development of later became a range of meaning.At the same time geography the distribution pattern of Zou Yan’s "big Kyushu theory" and "the world seven continents and four oceans" have similarities,embodies the "universal values" in the innovation and development of the Warring States period.As the fictional content,"The Classic of the Great Wilderness" universal scope " refers to the more extensive,even refers to the entire world.The pre Qin philosophers such as Confucianism,Taoism,Legalism have their own understanding of the ocean,and the formation of the corresponding ocean view.The understanding of these schools from Shandong ocean area or affected Shandong area.There is understanding of the river into the sea from Shandong local tube thought,on an ocean voyage and understanding all characteristics of the ocean inclusive cognition,with vivid realism.At thesame time,the realistic characteristics and Confucian thought the Guanzi school is exactly the same as the sea,the river flows into the sea,sailing,in addition to the Confucianism more attention to "people" level.Pursuit of nothingness,inaction is also used for ocean Taoist fable to reflect the Taoist "Inaction" thought connotation;also the broad ocean and the world together to show the "natural law" pursuit.Legalism will contact the ocean and the "rule of law",apparently with a certain degree of realism.Moreover,similarities between each school of ocean view and different point,reflects the school,inheritance and development between schools.In the pre Qin period of marine animal worship and worship of gods is the main feature of ocean view in the early China,main content with a distinctive feature.The original The Classic of the Great Wilderness the gods image is pre Qin ocean view,established the rudiment of Poseidon later.In the pre Qin period ocean view on future generations of political,economic,have had a tremendous impact on all aspects of culture.It embodies the distinctive Oriental Ocean civilization,but also in the history of world marine culture has left a thick and heavy in colours pen,worthy of inheriting and learning later.