CAJ | 학술논문

由于羿的名字有夷羿、仁羿、穷羿、后羿之别，其活动时间从五帝时代晚期直到夏代中期，长达数百年，而其行事更是善恶不分，忠奸并容。因为这样的原因，学术史上往往将羿分为几个形象来理解，并认同某些古文献所持态度，把羿当作反面人物来对待。实际上这些都是误解。认识后羿及寒浞的神话传说，至少应该把握三点事实：（一）无论是神性的羿还是人性的羿，无论是族名羿、地名羿、图腾羿，还是酋长羿，实际都是同一个羿在不同历史阶段不同场合的不同表现而已；（二）就有关文献和考古资料可知，以后羿、寒浞为代表的东夷集团曾在中华文明起源及早期发展过程中创造过最先进的文化，东夷民族在当时众多民族部落中是一支实力最强大、影响最深远的民族；（三）战国秦汉文献中，对后羿、寒浞历史形象的批评否定，实际上是在“中原文化中心论”、“夷夏之辨”观念影响下，对东夷民族不公正态度的表现。
유우예적명자유이예、인예、궁예、후예지별，기활동시간종오제시대만기직도하대중기，장체수백년，이기행사경시선악불분，충간병용。인위저양적원인，학술사상왕왕장예분위궤개형상래리해，병인동모사고문헌소지태도，파예당작반면인물래대대。실제상저사도시오해。인식후예급한착적신화전설，지소응해파악삼점사실：（일）무론시신성적예환시인성적예，무론시족명예、지명예、도등예，환시추장예，실제도시동일개예재불동역사계단불동장합적불동표현이이；（이）취유관문헌화고고자료가지，이후예、한착위대표적동이집단증재중화문명기원급조기발전과정중창조과최선진적문화，동이민족재당시음다민족부락중시일지실력최강대、영향최심원적민족；（삼）전국진한문헌중，대후예、한착역사형상적비평부정，실제상시재“중원문화중심론”、“이하지변”관념영향하，대동이민족불공정태도적표현。
＂Yi＂ is an old tribe existed from the late of Wudi Period to the mid-Xia Dynasty. In fact, the ＂Hou Yi＂ and ＂Han Zhuo＂ recorded in the ancient myths and legends should be understood completely and accurately by three aspects. Firstly, the different records about ＂Yi＂ and ＂Han Zhuo＂ are only their different deeds in different time or different places. Secondly, by inference of the received texts and the archaeological facts, it＇s obviously that the ＂Dong Yi＂ tribes represented by ＂Hou Yi＂ and ＂Han Zhuo＂ had created the most advanced culture at that time and the ＂Dong Yi＂ tribes must be the strongest and most impressive one. Finally, the total negations about the ＂Hou Yi＂ and ＂Han Zhuo＂ are based on the traditional idea of ＂discrimination between Xia and Yi＂. It＇s obvious that the ＂Dong Yi＂ tribes have been suffered unfair treatment for long time.