颛顼“绝地天通”与凌家滩“龟卜”

颛顼"绝地天通"历来被视为原始宗教的重大改革,从文献学、民族学角度来解读具有丰富的内涵。根据考古材料论定龙山文化时期骨卜的普化暗合"绝地天通"所反映的巫觋功能的专门化。这就科学确定了"绝地天通"的年代学意义。而含山凌家滩玉龟和玉版"龟卜"的种种迹象,说明在接近颛顼时代之前",原始八卦"也已经基本定型。

The Myth of Emperor Zhuanxu Cutting the Connection between Heaven and Earth and the Tortoise Divination of Lingjiatan Site

The myth that Zhuanxu cut the connection between heaven and earth,which has been regarded as a major reformation of primitive religions,is rich in connotation in the view of literature and ethnology.The fact that bone divination became popular at the time of Longshan Culture,as concluded by archaeological research,implicates the specialization of witchcraft reflected in the myth of Zhuanxu,the chronology of which is therefore confirmed.The traces of divination practice as shown on the jade tortoises and jade plates unearthed at Lingjiatan Site indicate that the primitive eight-trigram had formed before Emperor Zhuanxu times.