中希神话归化的异途及其孕含的中西思维范式

神话历史化是一个世界性的必然文化现象,是人类早期文明演进过程中留下的一个重要足迹。不同民族的神话历史化的表征不同,这种表征的特色蕴含了日后民族文化的不同走向。文章认为,中希两族在神话历史化上表现出较大的分化,中国神话演绎为历史化,希腊神话展现为史诗化,或者说,中国神话归化为史记,希腊神话归化为史诗。中希神话归化的异途孕育了中西各别的思维模式:实践理性与思辨理性。中希神话归化的异途及其由此延伸的思维范式的分野,可从各自的大地母亲得到合理的阐释。

The Different Ways of Mythological Historicalization between China and Greece and the Different Thinking Modes Originated from Them

Mythological historicalization,one of the important foot step left in human's civilization,was a world wide phenomenon. But different nations had different ways of mythological historizaiton,and the different ways created a strong influence towards a nation's culture later.There was a big divergence in mythological historization between China and Greece, which generated two striking thinking modes: pragmatic reason and rational reason.These two different orientations between east and west can be interpreted by the mother earth.