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An Analysis of the history behind Chinese mythology from the Perspective of Totemism

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2014, (35), pp.473-487
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2014..35.021
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : June 30, 2014

付希亮 1 Changwon Choi 2

1中国 内蒙古师范大学
2청운대학교

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ABSTRACT

The five emperors’ times that appeared in Sima Qian’s HistoricalRecordsㆍBiographic Sketches of Five Emperors is equivalent to Longshan culture era in archaeology. The most difficult part of the research in this era lies in the lack of historical data. Previous researchers tend to exclude myths, legends and historical documents that contain mythological quality from research field, which makes the study on this period of history at a standstill. On the basis of totemism theory of anthropology, present researchers should break through the bondage of traditional historiography concepts, interpret mythological materials, explore its historical reality, construct historical system of five emperors, and then fulfill the tracing of Chinese Civilization origin.

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