中国古代宇宙生成学说的演变

本文认为，中国古代宇宙生成学说的发展经历了三个阶段．观念形成阶段：时间相应于先秦（前２２１－前２０６），人们普遍相信宇宙万物是逐渐生成演化而来的；理论繁荣阶段：时间相应于两汉（前２０６－公元２２０）．先秦时期的“无中生有”说被《淮南子》的“无形生有形”所取代．由此导致了宇宙生成理论的全面发展；成熟阶段：在与宇宙结构理论相协调的过程中，宇宙生成学说进一步完善，到南宋时期（１１２７—１２７９）达到了它的顶峰．

THE EVOLUTION OF COSMOGONY IN ANCIENT CHINA

his paper holds the view that the development of cosmogony in ancient China can be divided into 3 stages.The first appearing in pre-Qin dynasty (221-206 B. C. ) was a shaping stage of ideas. Most people belived universe got its thenappearance by gradual taking shape and evolvement. The second emerging in Han dynasty (206B. C. - A. D. 220 ) was aflourish stage of theories. The doctrine in pre-Qin dynasty that Universe came from nothing was replaced by what in HuaiNan Zi (a philosophy book in Nan dynasty ) thay universe came from the original material having no fixed shape.Itcaused the theories of cosmogony went into flourish.The third. which is in Southern Song dynasty(1127-1279).was aripe stage, By harmonizing with the theory of cosmography, the cosmogony finally went onto the top of its classicalforms.