從歷代氣象文獻看龍與龍捲風的關連

The Relation between the Dragon and the Tornado from the Meteorological Documents in Chinese History

張之傑(Zhijie Zhang)

《中華科技史學會學刊》 22期 (2017/12) Pp. 1-7

摘要

本文以青龍、白龍、黑龍、黃龍、赤龍、龍鬥等關鍵詞，全面檢索徐勝一教授等所著《中國歷代氣候編年檔》，共得197 則。從中得知，古人記錄氣象災害時，稱龍捲風為龍，並不視為一種氣象現象。本文作者認為，龍大概是由源自鱗蟲類圖騰的動物元素，和源自龍捲風等的氣象元素相結合而成。至於兩者孰先孰後，孰輕孰重，已難以稽考。

關鍵字

龍捲風 ； 龍 ； 徐勝一 ； 《中國歷代氣候編年檔》

並列摘要

In this paper, the author looks up Professor Xu Shengyi ‘s Chinese Ancient Climate Chronicle all-sidedly, with the key words Qinglong(Blue Dragon), Bailong(White Dragon), Heilong(Black Dragon), Huanglong(Yellow Dragon), Chilong(Red Dragon) and Longdou(Dragon Fighting), and 196 records were found. From those records, we can find out that though the ancient people called tornado ＂dragon＂ when they recorded those meteorological disasters, they did not regard it as a meteorological phenomenon. The author believes that the dragon is probably combined with the animal element derived from the scaly totem and the meteorological element derived from tornadoes. As for which one is earlier or which one is more important, we cannot tell.

並列關鍵字

tornado ； dragon ； Xu Shengyi ； Chinese Ancient Climate Chronicle

參考文獻

徐勝一等《中國歷代氣候編年檔》，中華科技史學會叢刊第二種，2013 年 7 月，http://www.sciencehistory.url.tw/?p=1156

張之傑〈壬辰談龍：中國龍物語〉，《科學月刊》，2012 年 2 月號，頁 130-135。