关于炎黄传说的历史研究  

A Historical Study of the Legend of Yan Huang

作　　者：孟宪实[1] MENG Xian-shi

机构地区：[1]中国人民大学历史学院

出　　处：《北京社会科学》2023年第4期64-72,共9页Social Sciences of Beijing

摘　　要：炎帝和黄帝,是上古传说中的伟人。《史记·五帝本纪》为什么以黄帝开篇,为什么把炎帝置于黄帝的背景之中?归纳相关古代文献可知,炎帝代表农业发明,黄帝代表国家创立,这一观点,分明就是中华文明的起源论说。有关中国文明起源的研究,中国考古学界存在着意见分歧,有些学者排斥炎黄传说与中国文明起源相关。而炎黄的古代文献记载证明,在古代中国文献中,确有中华文明起源的中国学说。这个学说的存在,与考古学先有农业后有国家的结论在逻辑上是一致的,证明这个学说具有合理性。中华文明起源的学术研究路径众多,考古学担任重要角色,但绝非唯一路径。The Yan Emperor and the Huang Emperor were great men of ancient legend.Why does the Basic Annals of the Five Emperors in Shiji begin with the Huang Emperor,and why was the Yan Emperor placed in the context of the Huang Emperor?A summary of the relevant ancient records shows that the Yan Emperor represents agricultural invention,and the Huang Emperor represents the founding of the nation,this view is clearly about the origin of Chinese civilization.Chinese archaeology is divided on the origins of Chinese civilization,with some scholars rejecting ancient records of Yanhuang prove that the Chinese theory of the origins of Chinese civilization does exist in ancient Chinese literature.The existence of this theory is logically consistent with the archaeological conclusion that agriculture came first and then the state,proving that this theory is rational.There are many paths to academic research on the origins of Chinese civilization,and archaeology plays an important role,but it is by no means the only one.

关 键 词：文明起源 炎黄传说 农业起源 国家起源 中国学说 

分 类 号：K21[历史地理—历史学]