希腊神话中的宙斯与中国神话中的玉皇大帝对比研究_英语论文

A Comparative Study on Zeus in the Greek Mythology and Jade Emperor in the Chinese Mythology

摘要

神话是古代人民对自然力量的崇拜、敬畏，斗争及对理想追求的虚构故事，反应了古人对世界、自然和人之间关系的最初认识，甚至是“民族精神的最集中、最本色的闪光，是民族文化最悠久古老、最顽强健壮的生命之根，也是民族文化的本质特征所在”。而古希腊和中国分别是东西方文化的代表，而宙斯和玉皇大帝分别是古希腊罗马神话和中国古代神话中的最高神领，本文拟将两者进行对比，寻找两者间的差异以及原因，分析中国神话和希腊神话的差异，从而分析其分别对民族性格、中西文化、政治、精神等产生的重要影响。让我们认识到中西方文化中的欠缺，帮助我们取其精华，去其糟粕，从而更好地完善自身文化。

关键词：神话；宙斯；玉皇大帝；文化异同；影响

Abstract 

Mythology is imaginary story showing the ancient people’s worship and reverence of nature power, as well as their fight and pursuit of ideality. It’s the reflection of the ancient people’s original understanding of the relationship between the world, nature and people. Mythology is even the most shining point of national spirit and the longest and strongest life root of national culture. It’s the essential character of national culture. China is the representative of eastern culture and the ancient Greek is the representative of western culture. Besides, the Jade emperor and Zeus are separately the supreme leader of the Chinese mythology and the Greek mythology. Therefore, this paper intends to make a comparison between Zeus and the Jade Emperor, the purpose of which is to find out the difference of these two figures, as well as the reasons. And then we can analyze their influence on the national character, Chinese culture and Western culture, the government and the spirit from the analysis of the difference between Chinese mythology and the Greek mythology. The reaching conclusion will help us to find out the drawbacks of the Chinese culture and the western culture, thinking of essence to its dregs, so as to better perfect our own culture.

Key Words: mythology; Zeus; Jade Emperor, cultural similarities and differences; influence