云梦学刊

周人从本民族发展壮大的历史进程中，深刻认识到祖先的功业乃是天命所归的重要依据，因此，追溯与体认祖先功德，成为西周时期祖先崇拜观念的核心内涵。人们通过文学创作积极履行“显扬先祖”的使命。对西周铭文及《诗经》祭祀诗篇的分析表明，当时的文学创作在题材选择、叙事手法与风格塑造等方面，均深受祖先崇拜观念及相关仪式活动的直接影响，并由此奠定了中国古代文学风格特征的重要基础。

During the historical process of their own ethnic development and expansion, the Zhou people profoundly recognized that the achievements of their ancestors served as the crucial evidence of the divine mandate. Consequently, the concept of ancestor worship during the Western Zhou period incorporated the core essence of tracing and recognizing the virtues and accomplishments of forebears. Through literary creation, people actively fulfilled the mission of “glorifying ancestors.” The analysis of bronze inscriptions from the Western Zhou and sacrificial poems in the Book of Songs reveals that literary creation of the time were deeply influenced by the concept of ancestor worship and related ritual activities in terms of thematic choices, narrative techniques, and stylistic formation. This influence laid an important foundation for the distinctive features of ancient Chinese literary style.