“天命玄鸟,降而生商”的神话意蕴

《诗经.商颂》云:"天命玄鸟,降而生商,宅殷土茫茫。"这是中国商民族关于自身起源的神话叙事。在色彩意义上,"玄"代表生命本原;在字义上,其"混沌"和"模糊"的意义具有上升人类生命本原的倾向。在自然与生命融洽的宽阔背景下,分析"卵生"和太阳崇拜,得出玄鸟是创生的符号化存在,是天神合一的产物。玄鸟神话反映的是商民族对天空的向往,不同于周民族起源神话中对大地的崇拜,商周的朝代更迭标志着神的时代向人的时代的过渡。

The Myth Idea of "God Orders Xuan Bird to Give Birth to Shang"

The myth of "God orders Xuan bird give birth to Shang",is the myth narration of Shang nationality of China.On the color meaning,"Xuan" represents life origin;On the meaning of a word,"chaos" and "mistiness" has the tendency of exalting life origin of mankind.Under the harmonious spacious background of the nature and the life,analysing "oviparous reproduction" and sun adoration,educe that Xuan bird is signal existence of creating living,and outcome of uniting the celestial spirit and mankind as one.The myth of Xuan bird reflects that human look forward to the sky,differing from the myth of the adoration of the earth of Zhou nationality.The succession of Shang and Zhou dynasty reflects the change of divine to the person's transition in ages.