秦代山川祭祀格局研究

山川祭祀在中国古代国家祭祀体系中地位显要,秦代首创了统一王朝山川祭祀的大格局,将名山大川整合为一个体系,其中又有"崤以东"与"华以西"的区分。西汉中前期对秦的格局既有延续也有调整。本文逐一梳理了秦至西汉初年"名山大川"的地望,考证其祠庙具体位置及设立时间。同时,本文考察了秦至西汉中期的国家山川祭祀格局,并分析了这一格局形成的原因及其意义。秦汉的山川祭祀不仅是国家祭祀中的重要组成部分,也是政治地理格局的一种反映,承担着宣告王朝正统性及皇帝控制力的意义。

A Study of the Structure of Mountains and Rivers Sacrifice in Qin Dynasty

Mountains and rivers sacrifice is the important category of the ancient Chinese system of sacrifice,which was constructed by the First Emperor of Qin.The Qin dynasty combined the famous mountains and rivers of pre-Qin period into one system,and distinguished this system into two groups.The first group was to the west of Hua Mountain,and the other was to the east of Yao Mountain.This dissertation investigates the exact locations of these mountains and rivers,and the accurate postions of the shrines and alters.I am interest in the grand structure of Mountains and rivers sacrifice in Qin and early Western Han Dynasty.This dissertation remarks on this structure and try to find its causes and profound meaning.The mountains and rivers sacrifice is not only an crucial constituent of archinese Chinese national sacrifice,but also is a reflexion of national political geography,which could affirm the power of central government and the Emperor himself.