在古代中国,《尚书·泰誓》有“惟人为万物之灵”之说,《礼记·礼运》更宣称,“人者,天地之心也。”显然,这种朴素的将人置于宇宙中心的观点,与西方的“地心说”有异曲同工之意。但随着科学,尤其是近代科学的兴起,人们才真正认识到,在一条更宽更大的时间长河中,人类只是进化巨链的一小部分;在浩渺无垠的宇宙中,我们更只是“沧海一粟”。但认识的焦虑,也随之而来:我们无法克制地拒绝相信过去,相信历史,除非 In ancient China, “Book of Totem oath” has “the soul of all things”, “Book of Rites, Li Yun” even claimed that “people, heart of heaven and earth also.” Clearly, this simple Of the people in the center of the universe point of view, and the Western “geocentric” similar meaning. However, with the rise of science, especially modern science, people really realized that mankind is only a small part of the evolutionary giant chain in a wider and more time-consuming universe. In the boundless universe, “drop in the ocean”. But the anxiety of knowing comes with it: we can not refuse to believe in the past, believe in history, unless