CAJ | 학술논문

东魏营都邺南城，为了营造成天下文化、政权的正统所在，巧妙地利用古漳河的泛滥与大禹治水时“河出图，洛出书”神话的相似性，而将后者嫁接在前者之上，并试图实现其象征意义的替代。在实际操作上不仅制造了“筑城得龟”的事实，而且切实依照龟的形状来营建邺南城，将城墙修筑成龟的形状，这跟杂以谶纬占侯的河北经学的御用是分不开的。此外，邺南城在建材方面甚至直接取自洛阳。并且在大布局上也模仿洛阳，在周围兴建石窟寺、营建墓葬区；同时，进行一系列的文化建设。这一切都是源于在天下鼎峙的政治格局下，东魏统治者欲图将邺城营建成一个新的政治、文化正朔的中心。
동위영도업남성，위료영조성천하문화、정권적정통소재，교묘지이용고장하적범람여대우치수시“하출도，락출서”신화적상사성，이장후자가접재전자지상，병시도실현기상정의의적체대。재실제조작상불부제조료“축성득구”적사실，이차절실의조구적형상래영건업남성，장성장수축성구적형상，저근잡이참위점후적하북경학적어용시분불개적。차외，업남성재건재방면심지직접취자락양。병차재대포국상야모방락양，재주위흥건석굴사、영건묘장구；동시，진행일계렬적문화건설。저일절도시원우재천하정치적정치격국하，동위통치자욕도장업성영건성일개신적정치、문화정삭적중심。
In order to construct the city of Ye＇nan, the proposed capital of Eastern Wei, a future centre of culture and political legitimacy, its architects deliberately made use of the similarity between the flood of the old Zhang River and the legend of Dayu＇ s successful control of water by ＂re-discovering＂ a stone tortoise when building the city, which had in fact been buried there earlier. Meanwhile, the city was built not only in the exact shape of the tortoise, but also with materials from Luoyang, capital of Northern Wei, the dynasty that preceded Eastern Wei. The overall plan of Ye＇ nan was also modeled on the latter, with cave temples and a cemetery outside the city, and a series of the constructions aimed at creating a cultural milieu which suited a capital.