中文摘要：

从词源学看,“传统”核心意义是“由昔而今世代传承”且具有范型意义的“伟大传统”,它使代际之间、历史之间保持了某种连续性和同一性,构成了一个社会创造与再创造自己的文化密码,并且给人类生存带来了秩序和意义.几大基本“传统”范式中,言、形与物是“时间距离遥远”的传统,与“文”相对,恰好是“great”和“little”相对应而被人忽视的不隐含价值判断的中性意义所在,和人类文明史整体视野对大小传统反转改造的立论基础.出土珥蛇、珥殃与文献、口传神话信仰遥想呼应,见证了大小传统互补互证.传统本质上是“过去”延传至今的述与见,是令人探寻历史奥秘的一种视角.

英文摘要：

The most important meaning embedded in ＂tradition＂ , from the perspective of et- ymology,is ＂inheritance from generations to generations＂ and ＂being of great paradigmatic sig- nificance＂. ＂Tradition＂ can,to some degree,maintain continuity between generations and identi- ties between different periods of history so that it becomes a cultural code for a society to create and even to recreate itself and brings order and meaning to human life. Among the ＂tradi- tion＂ paradigms,＂language＂,＂action＂ and ＂objects＂ to ＂culture＂ is just like ＂great＂ to ＂little＂. Therefore,they are usually neglected for they contain no value judgment,thus becomes the the- oretical base for the transformation of ＂little tradition＂ and ＂great tradition＂ in the whole picture of human civilization history. The unearthed jade earbob and earring verify and support related classic documents,oral myth and beliefs, which exemplifies that the ＂great tradition＂ and ＂little tradition＂ are supporting and supplementary to each other. So the essence of tradition is the narration and views about the past and the present. It is a viewpoint for modern people to probe into the history.