摘要
饕餮乃是我国远古民族部落的图腾(生命神灵),其特征正与“牛首人身”的炎帝一致.炎帝族虽在争夺中原的大战中为黄帝所败,但仍不断反抗,其首领蚩尤更是表现出百折不挠的精神.商王大(钅戊)(战斧)之上的饕餮人(兽)面纹,所绘正是蚩尤.但它已演变为商氏族王权和商人勇武精神的象征,是在血与火的争斗中进入阶级社会、走向文明的产物.和古希腊的艺术和史诗一样,青铜饕餮的“狰狞美”有着“永恒的魅力”:在它身上可以看到人类怎样由天真无邪的童年在血与火的战争中走向文明,并显示出勇猛威严的精神气慨.
Taotie is the totem of ancient China's clan tribes. Its features happen to be identical with the Yan Emperor, one of the two emperors in the ancient Chinese legend, a human body with a bull's head. Although the Yan tribe was defeated by the Yellow Emperor's in the war for capturing the central plains, the former persisted in bitter resistance against the latter, displaying an undaunted spirit and a tremendous courage which found its best expression in Chiyou, chieftain of the tribe. Taotie, a head of a ferocious animal, engraved on the King of Shang's war axe, was exactly theimage of Chiyou. Nevertheless, it gradually developed into a symbol of the Shang clan' s reign and power and the Shang people' s brave spirit as well. It was an inevitable outcome of man' s advancement to the stage when a class society had taken shape and civilization had been established through the struggle of blood and fire. The 'ferocious beauty' of the bronze taotie, like the Grecian art and epic, possesses a lasting charm. It can be seen from its unique beauty how mankind had proceeded from his innocent childhood to civilized maturity, and displayed a tremendous courage and a dauntless spirit cultivated in the fierce and bloody struggle.
出处
《华南师范大学学报（社会科学版）》
1998年第4期48-56,124,共10页
Journal of South China Normal University：Social Science Edition
