周代①“天”观念探源?--文献与考古的双重视野

近些年在诸如郑州西山、襄汾陶寺等遗址进行的考古发掘工作，逐步祛除了相关历史文献中的一些存疑之处。作为周代重要的思想文化观念，中国先民对“天”的系统化认识和实践应用大致形成于尧、舜、禹时期。优越而又特殊的地理生存环境、华夏先祖稳定的氏族定居生活，以及早熟的农业生产活动是促成天观念形成的根本因素。

On the Concept of Heaven in Zhou Dynasty

s:The archaeological excavations in recent years gradually removed the relevant doubted points in historical documents.As an important ideological and cultural concept of Zhou Dynasty,the Chinese ancestors’understanding and judgment to the heaven at least originated from Yao,Shun,Yu period.Early Chinese people’s stable clan settled life,together with the early matured agricultural ac-tivities and production are the basic factors to promote the formation of the concept about the heaven.