从秦简《日书》看牛郎织女故事之形成与流变

出土文献睡虎地秦简《日书》中有两则与牛郎织女传说相关的史料,这为解决牛郎织女故事形成时间上限、传说早期形态、起源地等问题提供了线索。秦简《日书》出土于湖北云梦县战国末期秦墓中,因此战国末期应该是牵牛织女故事形成的时间上限,简文说明牵牛织女婚姻悲剧故事此时已经成型。睡虎地《日书》浓郁的楚文化特色为诸多起源说之一汉水说提供了更为有力的证据。

From Qin Jan"Date Book"Looks at the Formation and Evolution of Fairy Tale"the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden"

There were two pieces of the related historical data on the cowherd and the weaving maiden unearthed Shuihudi Qin Jan "Date Book",which provide the clue on the love story such as the upper time limit,the legendary early form,and the origin etc.Shuihudi Qin Jan "Date Book" unearthed in Hubei Yunmeng in the period of the later Warring States,therefore the later Warring States should be the upper time limit of the love story,and the fairy tale of Altair and Vega took shaped in this period."Date Book" embodied the rich Chu culture characteristic,and it provided the more strong evidence for the origin of Hanshui River.