摘要
本文检讨了辽太祖耶律阿保机的降生神话、始祖神话以及一些重要的契丹习俗 ,发现它们大都能在摩尼降生神话及摩尼教教义和神话中找到原型或依据。作者认为 ,正是 9世纪中叶以摩尼教为国教的回鹘汗国崩溃给契丹传统社会带来了新的激励因素 ,为契丹传统社会的飞跃与变革提供了新的精神武器。耶律阿保机以结亲形式取得回鹘族人的支持 ,并藉其摩尼教神话自己 ,从而得以突破传统 ,实现革命 ,建立国家 ,实行帝制 ,成为契丹人的民族英雄。
Close scrutiny of Khitan customs and myths about the birth of Yelü Abaoji (Emperor Taizu of the Liao) and other Khitan ancestors, reveals that most of them derive from Manichaean myths and doctrines. The decline of a Uighour Khan who had made Manichaeism into a national religion in the 9 th century brought new stimuli to the old Khitan society. Manichaeism, newly introduced to the Khitans, provided spiritual tools for radical change and reform. Yelü Abaoji gained support from the Uighur by means of marriage, and made use of Manichaean myths to deify himself. In this way, he was able to break with convention, bring about a revolution, establish a state and set up an imperial regime. He ultimately became a Khitan national hero.
出处
《中国社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2004年第4期186-202,共17页
Social Sciences in China
基金
教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地北京大学中国古代史研究中心"三至十四世纪中国历史的多元文化环境研究"课题成果之一
