中国上古神话时代之始末——兼论“绝地天通”

摘要

中国上古神话时代，始于伏羲氏，终于商代晚期。伏羲至少皞为“民神不杂”时期，少雌世衰为“神民杂糅”时期，颛顼“绝地天通”（禁绝蚩尤下凡）后又恢复“民神不杂”时代。商代晚期武乙前后，天帝开始远离人王，到商周之际中国上古神话时代正式结束。%The old myths of acient China began with Fuxi, and ended in the late Shang Dynasty. From Fuxi to Shao Hao is the period of ＂God and people are not mixed＂. When Shao Hao declined, it began the period of ＂people of God Hybridity＂.When the emperor zhuan Xu seculaized the spirit, it restored to the perod of ＂God and people are not mixed＂. From the late Shang Dynasty to the WuYi period, the emperor of heaven was far from people. And the old myths of ancient china ended in the period of shang and zhou Dynasties.