历史上对大禹形象的认识Image of Dayu in History LI Yan (College of Humanities Studies; Lishui University,Lishui Zhejiang 323000,China) : Throughout history, people’s knowledge of Dayu has undergone a “humanGodhuman ” process
It is generally believed that before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Dayu is an image of a human, from Eastern Zhou period Dayu was apotheosized by preQin philosophers, and later in modern times, skeptical school thought that Dayu does not exist then, With the progress of archaeology, people begin to abandon skeptical times but Dayu's image in people ’s minds is still the integration of God and huamn
大禹是我国夏朝第一位君主, 其治水的事迹家喻户晓
从文献记载来看 , 西周之前 , 大禹在人们心中的形象是实实在在的治水英雄
但是 , 从东周开始 , 大禹的形象被进一步提升, 具有神的威力 , 这就是对大禹的神化
学界关于这方面的研究主要是从文化的角度进行的① , 但是都没有完整系统的论述
笔者查阅文献后认为, 后人对大禹从出生到死后的很多方面加以神化