Mythical Narratees'Change in Appearances in the Post-Qin and Post-Han Mythical Narration
The excavation and investigation of oceanic mythological data has seen the academia's research into the systematic characteristics of the Chinese myths from different perspectives,with profuse results achieved.However,the morphological process of the Chinese mythical narrative system leaves much room for further research.Little is mentioned on the tracing of the post-Qin and-Han mythical narrative system based on ancient literature.By sorting out the myths recorded from the Pre-Qin ancient literature to the mythical evolution,developments in the Wei,Jin,Southern and Northern dynasties,this paper makes a comparative study of the same mythology,focusing on the shapes change of the Chinese mythological narratees which has undergone a fragmental,simple and incomplete mythical narration in the pre-Qin periods to a coherent,complex and systematic one in the Wei,Jin,Southern and Northern dynasties.
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