從殷商時期的甲骨文我們可以知道，商人好鬼舉國上下皆尚鬼神，凡遇事皆問卜求筮，在此時巫覡們同時具備許多身分，是醫者、知識的傳播者更是文字與教育的掌控者，巫覡們的存在對於國家的重要性不可言喻，時間流轉，巫覡們退出可見的歷史舞台，轉而埋藏在文化的深處，以音樂、舞蹈、詩詞、繪畫……等等不同的面貌及方式呈現。

想像力是人類之於其他物種最大的不同能力之一，遠古時期的人類透過觀察，對於神秘不可知的世界賦予不同的象徵性意義，建構出豐富瑰麗的神話世界與人、鬼、神……等不同維度的空間觀，這些神話與故事同時也成為豐富藝術的養分，從陶罐上質樸的裝飾性線條到青銅器上的怪獸圖騰象徵，由最原始的信仰進入文明的時代，商、周乃至戰國、秦、漢、魏晉南北朝，慢慢轉變為思想、宗教……等成為深厚的文化底蘊。

公元1942年湖南長沙子彈庫出土一件楚帛書，大約於戰國時期楚國所繪製距今約2300年，上面清楚的記載了當時的星象觀察，是目前發現最早天文學觀測的珍貴紀錄，同時，帛書上面繪製了具象徵意義的怪獸與神話，也讓現今研究者了解當時的宇宙觀和時間觀，是有關創世神話紀載最早的出土資料。公元1977年於湖北隨州發掘出著名的曾侯乙墓，墓葬出土無數精緻瑰麗的文物，其中出土的編鐘更具劃時代意義，編鐘的出土證明了中國的七聲音階非從歐洲傳入的說法，改寫了世界音樂史，而編鐘上的文字更是翩翩飛舞靈動非凡，透過編鐘文字的優美線條，眼前彷彿浮現出樂鐘演奏舞姬妖嬈的享樂畫面。而中國四川省廣漢縣三星堆出土的各式銅人、銅樹、怪獸造型驚絕，為古蜀人專為祭祀諸神所製作的青銅物件，非人的造型引發令人探究的好奇心。

綜合其上應用在創作中，吸取神話的想像與浪漫的文學相結合，將簡潔的線條與幻想空間應用在作品之上，成為此次創作的主要路線。

From the Oracles of the Yin Shang period, we learned that all of the people in Shang Dynasty believed in ghosts and deities. They asked for guidance from the supernaturals for just about everything in life. The sham-an and the wizards held many different positions. They were doctors, scholars and educators. Their existence had monumental importance for the state. As time passed, they had gradually faded out of the stage of history but they continued to exit deep in the culture, buried int music, dances, po-etry, visual arts....etc.

Imagination is one of the major qualities that divide human and other animal species. Ancient people observed the mysterious Mother Nature and gave everything its symbolic meaning, hence built a rich mythological world with humans, ghosts and deities to form a world view with multiple dimensions. These stories had become inspirations for arts in daily life, decorating utensils from lines and patterns on the earthenwares to strange beasts on the bronze. From the most primitive time to civilizations such as Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Sengoku Period, Ｑin Dynasty, Han Dynas-ty, Wei and Jin Dynasties…these decorative arts had gradually become the rich soil for what we now called the “Chinese culture”, including Chinese philosophy and religion.

At 1942, a Silk Book of the State of Chu was unearthed at the Zidanku, Changsha, Hunan, China. It was believed to be 2300 years old, hand-made in the State of Chu at the time of Sengoku. It clearly drew and documented the astrological observations of the time. It is the oldest astro-logical record, hence very precious. It also contains mythical animals and mythical stories with symbolic meanings, allowing us to understand the cosmic view and sense of time for that period. It can be viewed as the first of Chinese creation myth.

At 1977, the now-famous Tomb of Zenghou Yi was unearthed in Hubei, China. Numerous priceless artifacts were unearthed, and especially note-worthy was the the chime-bells. These chime-bells prove to the world that the seven scales in the Chinese music was not transported from Europe, but was native to China. This artifact changed the world history of music. The engravings of words on the bells were magnificent, far more advanced than the past engravings we had seen. The words seem to be flying and dancing, full of lively spirit. Through the curving figures, we can almost see the dancers moving along with the music.

Also in Sanxingdui, the bronze sculptures of people, trees and animals are very special and unique, almost unearthly. These were made and used for religious purposes, providing offerings for the deities. The out-of-this-world shapes and designs continue to make us curious about their creation.

I had used the above artifacts as inspirations, putting their elements in-to my own arts, making my works of art both mythical imaginations and romantic literary. Clean lines mixing with fantastic spaces is the main style of this solo exhibition.

摘 要 Ⅰ
ABSTRACT Ⅱ
目 錄 Ⅲ
圖 錄 Ⅳ
第壹章、緒 論 01
第一節、研究動機與目的 01
第二節、研究方法 02
第貳章、學理探討 03
第一節、中國古代的神仙世界 03
一、史前到隋唐的神話 03
二、從創世神話到神仙世界 05
第二節、道教文化裡的符文書寫 06
一、道符裡的巫文化 06
二、道符內建的小宇宙密碼 06
第參章、創作理念 08
第一節、書寫與民俗的新詮釋 08
一、形式豐富的門綵 08
二、護佑全家的平安符 09
第二節、神話故事的再塑重現 10
第肆章、作品解析 11
第伍章、結論 34
參考書目 35
附 錄 36
 

參考書目
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二、網站
1. 中央研究院歷史語言研究所歷史文物陳列館http://museum.sinica.edu.tw/
2. 中國哲學書電子化計畫https://ctext.org/zh
3. 徐州博物館http://www.xzmuseum.com