國家觀念與族群認岡－以廣西北部「三王」形象演變為中心的考察

Ethnic Identity and Conceptions of the State: Changing Images of the ＂Three Kings＂ in Northern Guangxi

黃瑜(Yu Huang)

《歷史人類學學刊》 13卷2期 (2015/10) Pp. 79-113

摘要

神明信仰常常成為王朝國家與地方民眾頻繁互動的場域，在不同歷史時期，即使同一神明的形象也會被不同的階層和群體不斷表述、甚至重新建構，以適應不同時代背景及社會現實的形勢和需要，在各種權力主體中實現在政治、文化與認同等方面的互動與博葬。筆者通過對廣西北部地區「三王」廟宇中不同時期豎立的碑刻進行解讀，以及對官方志書中與「三王」信仰有關的記載進行分析，閻繞流傳於廣西北部地區「三王」形象的歷史演變為中心展開論述，希望呈現出跨越不同歷史時期的「三王」形象，揭示在不同歷史情境下，官方與地方民眾如何透過神明形象的書寫與建構，對國家觀念與族群認同進行溝通與互動。

關鍵字

廣西 ； 國家觀念 ； 族群認同 ； 「三王」崇拜 ； 神明形象

並列摘要

Popular religion and belief in deities is often treated in the scholarly literature as a venue for interaction between the imperial court and the masses. In different historical periods, a single god may be represented differently by different social formations and by people of different status. Indeed, the image of the deity may be reshaped to suit the circumstances and needs of different historical and social contexts, and as an expression of the political and cultural interaction and power relations between different actors. This article consists of an analysis of stone inscriptions of the Three Kings of northwestern Guangxi in different historical periods. Study of the changing representations of the deities in different historical periods shows how under different historical circumstances, state officials and the local populace used different written and iconographic representations of the deity to communicate their conceptions of the state and notions of ethnic identity.

並列關鍵字

Guangxi ； state ； ethnic identity ； Three Kings ； representations of deities