本文提示如何从神话中发现历史文化记忆:以考古学发掘出的特洛伊城及其黄金器物、石峁城及其玉器作为文化大传统新知识,反观中西两部文学作品《伊里亚特》和《穆天子传》所透露的历史真实,分别透视西方黄金时代神话与拜金主义价值观的形成、中国玉石崇拜神话与化干戈为玉帛的和平主义价值观之源。由此阐明通过大传统新知识重解小传统的多重证据法。
This article is to find the historical and cultural memory from myths; the ar- chaeological excavations of the gold artifacts in Troy and the jade objects in Shimao Town will serve as new clues for understanding great cultural traditions, the historical reality re- vealed by two literary works in ancient Greece and China, Iliad and Biography of Zhou Emperor Mu, the formation of the myths of western golden age and gold worship, and the formation of Chinese myths of jade worship and pacifism. Thus the article will clarify the methodology of multiple evidences which supports the new knowledge of the grand cultural tradition and the reinterpretation of the local written tradition.