一个伪命题:中国神话不如西方神话发达

20世纪末叶,随着神话研究逐渐呈现多元化以来,学者们普遍认为,中国神话不如西方如古希腊神话发达。然而从多个角度分析中西方神话的差别,无论哪一方面,这命题都不足以令人信服。神话研究仍然必须回到神话的本质上来,它涉及到神话的定义、神话产生的原因及其时代等诸方面。只有真正认识到马克思的观点立场在神话研究中的价值和地位,才能真正理解神话的本质,厘清神话研究中出现的一些谬误。从马克思对神话的定义出发,通过对神话本质的重新认识,最后可以得出中国神话不如西方神话发达根本就是一个伪命题。

A False Proposition: Chinese Mythology Is Less than the Western Mythology

At the end of the 20th century,as the mythology was studied since the pluralism of appearing gradually,scholars hold that Chinese mythology is less than the ancient Greek mythology in the West.But we analyze the mythical difference of Sino-Western myths from a lot of angles,no matter which respect,this proposition is not enough to be convincing.Why so many scholars think the Chinese so developed as the western mythology? Where is the question lain in? I thought,the mythology must still get back to mythical essence while studying,it involves all such respects as the reason and era why mythical definition,mythology produce,etc.In view of the mythical definition from Marx,and the essential reorganization of mythology correctly,it is a false proposition at all.