中国的流行病故事：在绝望中寻找希望

IF 0.4 3区社会学 0 FOLKLORE

JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE RESEARCH Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2979/jfolkrese.60.1.07

Juwen Zhang

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摘要

摘要：故事（古史，包括所有叙事类型）就像活化石——不仅保存了一般的历史事件，还保存了特定地方和特定文化群体的行为和信仰。因此，中国的流行病故事揭示了人们对流行病的基本信仰和人生观，也揭示了生活的意义。本文的三个部分旨在讲述一个漫长的故事：首先提供一些与流行病相关的基本术语和概念；第二次用英语呈现了七个故事，这些故事跨越了两千年的历史，直到今天，展示了人类与流行病的神/鬼/吴萨满之间的斗争；最后，对我们在当前新冠肺炎大流行中面临的现实进行一些反思。

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Chinese Tales of Epidemics: In Search of Hope amid Despair

Abstract:Tales (gushi in Chinese, including all narrative genres) are like living fossils—preserving not only historical events in general, but also behaviors and beliefs in specific places and in specific cultural groups. Therefore, Chinese tales of epidemics reveal fundamental beliefs in and life-views toward not only epidemics, but also the meaning of living a life. The three parts in this paper are intended to tell a long story: first providing some basic terms and concepts related to epidemics; second presenting, for the first time in English, seven tales spanning a two-millennia history up to the present day which show the struggles between the human and the god/ghost/wu-shaman of epidemics; and, finally, offering some reflections upon the realities we are facing in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE RESEARCH FOLKLORE-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Folklore Research has provided an international forum for current theory and research among scholars of traditional culture since 1964. Each issue includes topical, incisive articles of current theoretical interest to folklore and ethnomusicology as international disciplines, as well as essays that address the fieldwork experience and the intellectual history of folklore and ethnomusicology studies. Contributors include scholars and professionals in additional fields, including anthropology, area studies, communication, cultural studies, history, linguistics, literature, performance studies, religion, and semiotics.