中文摘要：

围绕＂禅让＂,学界一直持三种说法,一是顾颉刚的禅让传说源于墨家;二是裘锡圭等人的禅让传说起于夏之前;三是禅让不存在。前人对于禅让的论证主要是通过第一重证据和第二重证据,即传世文献和出土文献,然而随着第四重证据的出现——四千年前中原地区相当于王城的考古发现和大量玉石兵器,虞夏商周四代以及玉（石）兵时代得到了证实。于此可看出墨子所提三代圣王说及禅让说当属他神话式的建构,其目的是为了宣扬尚贤思想。

英文摘要：

On abdication, academic circles held three opinions. Firstly Gu Jiegang holds that the addication legend derived from Mo Zi. Secondly Qiu Xigui and other hold that the abdication legend had existed before the Xia Dynasty. Thirdly the abdication legend doesn ＇t exist. All these ideas were formed by basic evidence and two-fold evidence,namely the literature handed down from ancient times and unearthed literature.However,with the emergence of the quadruple-evidence-archaeological discovery and a large number of jade weapons in central China about four thousand years ago,Yu,Xia,Shang and Zhou,the four dynasties generations and the jade age were confirmed. So,the abdication legend from Mo Zi was constructed,its purpose was to promote attaching importance to intelligence.