试论伏羲女娲与一夫一妻制之滥觞

出生于蒲阪雷泽,被誉为中国之"亚当"和"夏娃"的伏羲与女娲,是人首龙身或人首蛇身。在洪水灭绝人类后,为繁衍绵延人口,在无可奈何的情况下兄妹在历山结为夫妻,开创了婚姻自主、一夫一妻制之先河,被华夏尊为人类始祖。他们繁衍了整个中华民族,所以中华民族自称是龙的传人。当他们认识到血缘婚对人类繁衍的危害后,遂禁止兄妹通婚,制订礼仪,置嫁娶,正姓氏。故此"同姓不婚",成为中华民族婚姻史上的优良传统与崇高风尚。伏羲与女娲的丰功伟绩,从远古流传至今达八千年之久。

Probing on Origin of Monogamy Ordered by Fuxi and Nuwa

Born in Puban and Leize,Chinas Fuxi and Nuwa are compared with Adam and Eva.They are said to have human heads but bodies of dragon or snake.After the distinction of human beings by a flood,the brother and the sister in Fuxi and Nuwa had no way but to marry for the survival of the population,which started the self-determination of marriage and monogamy.And they were honored as human ancestors by Chinese tradition.They are said to have multiplied the whole Chinese nation,which call themselves the descendants of the dragon.But when they realized the harm of close marriage to the descendants,they began to ban the marriage between brothers and sisters,established rites for marriage,and stipulated family names.Hence the tradition and fashion in "no marriage within the same surname",in the history of marriage by Chinese nation.The great merit by Fuxi and Nuwa is said to have been handed down from eight thousand years ago.