Abstract:

〔Abstract〕 The Book of Historical Documents·Emperor of Yao contains rich myths， based on a wide range of discourse resources with similar myth fragments recorded in inscriptions on oracle sat in the Yin Ruins，Book of Poetry， Zuo's Commentary， Elegies of the South， The Classic of Mountains and Seas， and Shi Zi. When writing myths in Records of Yao， historiographers not only quoted knowledge of primitive calendar systems and records of religious rites， but also borrowed myths popular in the pre-Qin period， which were integrated into their creation. A comparison of Chinese and Western myths shows that the series of myths in Records of Yao compiled by historiographers are in a sequence which fully coincides with the narrative logic of Western genesis mythology， giving a narrative of genesis mythology following the storyline of "a mythological paradise built to the paradise destroyed and to the paradise rebuilt".

Key words: 〔Key words〕 , Emperor of Yao in official script； , genesis mythology； , discourse resources； , formation