天文起源与文明的诞生  

The Origin of Astronomy and the Birth of Civilization

作　　者：冯时[1] Feng Shi

机构地区：[1]中国社会科学院学部,北京100101

出　　处：《中原文化研究》2025年第1期5-13,共9页The Central Plains Culture Research

基　　金：中国社会科学院学部委员资助计划项目。

摘　　要：中华文明至少八千年的历史充分体现了其以道德成人、知识立身与礼仪治世的三要三本,三要之中以道德体系为核心,形成于观象授时。证据表明,科学的兴起以天文学、数学和力学最为古老,其起源无不关系到人工栽培农业生产方式的出现,这意味着为决定农时的观象授时实际已成为三大古典科学中最根本的工作。事实上,天文的诞生不仅为农业生产提供了准确的时间服务,更重要的是因先贤通过对时间的观测逐渐产生了诚信的认知,从而形成以信为核心内涵的道德体系,并最终成就了中华文明。天文的起源与文明的起源大致处于同一时期,重建己身文明的理论与中华文明的信史,必须从对作为文明之源的天文的探索开始。The history of Chinese civilization,extending over eight thousand years,reflects its core values of moral cultivation,knowledge-based identity,and ritual governance.At the heart of these values lies the moral system,which developed through the observation of celestial phenomena for timekeeping.Evidence suggests that the earliest scientific pursuits emerged in astronomy,mathematics,and mechanics,all of which are related to the emergence of cultivated agricultural production.This implies that the observation of celestial phenomena for determining agricultural seasons has been fundamental to the three classical sciences.In fact,the birth of astronomy not only facilitated precise timekeeping for agricultural production but also contributed to the gradual emergence of integrity,as observed by ancient sages through their tracking of time.This resulted in the formation of a moral system centered on trust,significantly shaping the course of Chinese civilization.The origins of astronomy and civilization are roughly from the same period.To reconstruct the theory of one’s own civilization and the history of integrity in Chinese civilization,it is necessary to explore astronomy as the source of civilization.

关 键 词：天文 时间 信 文德 文明 

分 类 号：K203[历史地理—历史学]