人们在研究史诗之时,往往把《诗经·大雅》中的《生民》诸篇列入史诗研究的范围。但是它们为什么没有形成真正的史诗呢?主要原因有三:西周“分土分侯”的宗法制度阻碍了长篇史诗的酝酿和产生;古代西周之地多是部落、部族相互侵扰争霸争雄之地,尚未形成一个共识和统一的文化意识;古代周族人没有一个系统、完整的神话,因此,不可能创造出英雄史诗和长篇创世史诗。 When people study epics, they often include the “living people” in the Book of Songs and Tiaya into the scope of epic research. However, why did they not form a true epic? There are three main reasons: the patriarchal clan system in the Western Zhou Dynasty “hindered the formation and emergence of long epic poetry”; in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty, there were mostly tribal and tribal intrusions and hegemony However, there is not yet a consensus and a unified cultural awareness. Ancient Zhou people do not have a systematic and complete myth. Therefore, it is impossible to create a heroic epic and a long epic.