人牺祭俗在人类早期普遍存在着,古代中国自不例外。追溯人牺祭俗的源头,它应是更古时代人类“人食人”的习俗,人牺祭行为应是衍生物,这是顺理成章之事。人牺祭俗的再发展,就是后来的设活尸以祭和以家畜为祭。这一发展的全过程,据现代考古资料和汉字字形的研究,都可得到证实。 Sacrificial sacrifices in the early universal human existence, ancient China is no exception. It is a matter of course that the practice of sacrificing sacrifices should be a derivative of the custom of human sacrifice in the more ancient times. The redevelopment of sacrificial sacrifices and sacrifices is the later sacrificial sacrifice and livestock. The whole process of this development can be confirmed according to the research on modern archeological materials and Chinese glyphs.