在早期中国神话中,鲧本是一个治水英雄,虽功败垂成但其精神可嘉。但在后世文学流转中,其文学形象却嬗变为一个恶人。究其原因,和中国古代的政治文化体制及文学审美有关。中国封建中央专制集权制度和追求喜剧圆满的文学传统造成了鲧在历史上被妖魔化的命运。 In the early Chinese mythology, Benji was a hero of flood control, though its successes and failures fell but its spirit was commendable. However, in the later literature circulation, the literary image has evolved into a wicked person. The reason, and ancient Chinese political and cultural system and literary aesthetics. China’s feudal Central Authoritarian Centralization and the pursuit of a successful literary tradition of the comedy caused the fate of history demonized.