“乐”(yue)“乐”(le)探源

“乐”脱胎于远古的巫术礼仪和图腾歌舞。本从“乐”的字源学开始，在中国以农业立国和巫史传统的社会、化背景下重视音乐对于古代中国人的重大意义，找到“乐”(yue)和“乐”（le)的关系，并通过和西方基督教化之“原罪”意识的比较，了解“乐”（le)是天人合一思维方式的表现，是人格的自觉和执着于现世人生的标志。它与西方人“两个世界”的宗教意识相异，却与宗教的功能相同－安顿人的精神，这是中国“乐”的特色。

An Analysis of the Relation between 乐(yue) and 乐(le)

Chinese character le/yue , which has dual meaning of music and sanguineness, is born out of the ancient sorcery rites and totemic singing and dancing. The paper makes a substantial analysis on the background of the agriculture society and the classic sorcery history to recur the importance of music in China and to find the relation of music and sanguineness. Compared with the sin of the Western world , we can realize that le/yue is not only the represent of archaic Chinese wise, which pays attention to the conciliation of Cosmic and Human and how to settle down and get on with one's pursuit, but also the symbol of self-conscious personality and persisting in this life.