《清华简〈恒先〉|在时间开始之前:“无”中生有的楚文明》
《恒先》是楚文明最深邃的宇宙论文本,追问“时间开始之前,世界是什么”。从“恒先无有”的太初之境,到“炁是自生”的第一动力,再到“名出于言、事出于名”的生成链,楚人以朴、静、虚重构世界的起源逻辑。这篇文章从简文出发,探讨“无”如何孕育“有”,宇宙为何能自我生成,以及楚文明如何以“复其常”的法则理解存在。“Hengxian” is one of the most profound philosophical texts of the ancient Chu civilization, asking a rare question: What existed before time began? From the primordial statement “Before all, there was no-being (wu)” to the self-generating force “qi arises from itself,” and the logical chain “names arise from words, and affairs arise from names,” this article explores how the Chu thinkers envisioned the cosmos emerging from formlessness. It reconstructs the Chu view of creation, self-generation, and the eternal return to constancy—revealing a unique cosmology of “creation from the void.”
