Chinese History of Myths——From Chinese Myths to Mythological China

It is a big mistake to classify myth as one member of literature in discipline system nowadays.The reason is that the concept of myth is much broader than that of literature.As an expression of ancient people's wisdom,myth marks the gene of culture.In later generations,literature,history and philosophy was divided and they failed to cover all areas of myth.The of sacred recount,going along side by side with the pre-historical religious belief and ceremony activities,serve as the common source of literature,history and philosophy.The history of early carries the striking characteristics of history.The mutual perspective of literary anthropology and historical anthropology provides an access to re-interpreting China's traditional civilization and mythological history.Ancient classics,from The Book of History and Spring and Autumn to Rites of Zhou Dynasty and Explaining Articles and Interpreting Words,embody the same logic of coding with mythological thinking.Based on 8000 years of jade and saint myths,we appeal the academic world to turn from Chinese myths in literature perspective to China in cultural perspective.