摘要
永乐年间,郑和下西洋带来了众多海外世界的物产,其中就包括长颈鹿。明初史料将长颈鹿称为麒麟。考辨史料发现长颈鹿和明代人认知中的麒麟有着明显的差异。长颈鹿之所以会被明初人称为“麒麟”,成为用以象征仁政的祥瑞,是明初政治文化语境中阐释的结果。值得注意的是有权力将长颈鹿阐释成麒麟的人是士大夫,而非明成祖。灾祥文化长期积淀的结果是使明初士大夫拥有了祥瑞的阐释权。永乐年间,士大夫目睹了万国来朝的景观,切身感受了明成祖积极进取向外拓张的一系列政治军事举措之后,难免不生出身在盛世的自豪感。“麒麟”正好为永乐盛世提供了一个恰如其分的政治象征符号。
During the Yongle period,Zheng He's navigation brought many overseas products,including giraffes.In the early Ming Dynasty,giraffes were called Kirin.Based on the inspection of the historical records,it is justified that there were obvious differences between giraffes and Kirin which was recognized by the people of early Ming Dynasty.The reason why giraffe was called Kirin was rooted in ancient Chinese political culture.The men who interpreted the giraffe as Kirin were the scholar officials,other than Emperor Yongle.The long-term accumulation of political culture made these scholar officials had the right to interpret disaster or auspicious signs.After witnessing the wonders of the coming dynasties of a large number of countries,and seeing a series of political and military measures taken by Emperor Yongle,the scholar officials naturally felt proud of being in a prosperous age.Kirin was the most appropriate political symbol of this era.
作者
毛睿
MAO Rui(School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210036, China)
出处
《北京社会科学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2020年第9期114-128,共15页
Social Sciences of Beijing
关键词
长颈鹿
麒麟
郑和下西洋
永乐盛世
景观
giraffe
Kirin
Zheng He's voyages
Emperor Yongle's prosperity
visual spectacle
作者简介
毛睿(1986-),女,浙江宁波人,南京大学文学院博士研究生。
