《山海经》与禹、益神话

《山海经》自古托为夏代之王禹及其臣下益所作。本文依据《尚书》中“禹平水土、主名山川”之说,结合《山海经》全书鲜明的命名类物倾向,考索禹、益神话中言灵信仰和法术思维的诸种表现,在治水行为之外归结出巫术性符号行为的重要母题,从而说明作为“巫书”的《山海经》和作为“巫师王”的禹相互依托联类的神话思维背景,并兼论巫咒、禹步等问题。

Shan Hai King"and the Myths of Yu and Yi

The book Shan Hai king has been viewed as the works of Yu, a reputed founder of Xia Dynasty, and Yi who was Yu's subject since ancient times. Based the statement that"Yu harnesses the rivers and names the mountains"in Shang Shu and the obvious inclination for categorying and naming sbstances, meanwhile examing belief on spiritual saving and magic thought in Shan Hai King, which was taken the withcraft signs as the center throughtout the action of harnessing rivers, this paper tries to explain the background of magic thought in Shan Hai King regarded as a book on sorcery and the interrelations and interdependence between this book and Yu considered as a wind Meanwhile, the paper also gives consideration to the incantation and the footwork of Yu.