过去有论者认为,西方上古文学中有鸿篇巨制的民族史诗,而中国诗歌中则没有。究其原因,首先,西方史诗都源于神话。神话是原始民族思想和信仰的具体化,史诗则又为神话的艺术化。其次,西方民族生性好动,理想的人物是英雄;中国民族生性好静,理想的人物是圣人。观照《诗经·大雅》中的《生民》《公刘》《绵》诸诗,会发现其中既具有周始祖后稷奇异诞生的神话,又歌颂了周历代祖先后稷、公刘、古公亶父率领先民艰苦创业终至繁荣昌盛的英雄事迹。因此,它们也当之无愧是中国上古时周民族诞生、发展、壮大的民族史诗。其诗中展现出的无与伦比的艺术魅力,亦同样流播百世而令后世读者高吟低哦赞叹。 In the past, some commentators hold the view that the ancient Chinese literature has a great compilation of national epics but not Chinese poetry. The reason, first of all, the Western epic originated from the myth. Mythology is the concrete embodiment of the primitive nation’s thoughts and beliefs, while the epic poetry is the art of mythology. Secondly, the Western people are naturally vigorous and their ideal characters are heroes. The Chinese people are naturally quiet and their ideal figure is a saint. Looking at the poems of “living people”, “public liu” and “cotton” in The Book of Songs and Taiga, we can find that there are both myths about the birth of the stranger and the later ancestors of the Zhou dynasty, Father led the pioneers arduous pioneering end of the heroic deeds. Therefore, they are also deserved to be national epics that gave birth to, developed and expanded the nation in ancient China. His incomparable artistic charm demonstrated in his poem also praised the audience Yin Gao readers.