摘 要

宇宙观，是现代哲学的朴素形态。人类文明的发展和科技的进步，为探索宇宙提供了可能。以此为基础的后现代科幻作品蓬勃发展。由刘慈欣著、刘宇昆译的《三体》标志着中国历史上科幻文学的里程碑，讲述了一段地球文明在宇宙长河中的兴衰历程。本文旨在从宇宙观视角出发，分析《三体》中的个体对整个宇宙以及个体与宇宙关系的总的看法和根本观点。本文分为五个部分：第一部分介绍《三体》三部曲的创作背景和主要内容；第二部分介绍第一部小说中体现的人类和三体文明对宇宙其他文明的看法；第三部分介绍《黑暗森林》中的宇宙观主旋律，黑暗森林法则及其猜疑链、技术爆炸；第四部分介绍第三部小说中低等文明与高等文明间的博弈；最后一部分是总结主要观点及思考其现实意义。

关键词：三体；文明；宇宙观

Abstract

The concept of the universe is the simple form of philosophy. The development of human civilization and the progress of science and technology, provide chances for human beings to explore the universe. On the base of that, the industry of post-modern science fiction is booming. Written by Liu Cixin and translated by Ken Liu, The Three-Body Problem is the milestone in Chinese science fiction literature, and tells the story about the rise and fall of human civilization in the universe. From the cosmic view, this paper aims to analyze the general point of the individual in The Three-Body Problem about the whole universe, as well as the relationship between the individual and the universe. This paper will generally be divided into five parts. The first part is introduction to the background information of The Three-Body Problem. The following part will focus on the different attitudes towards universe civilization of human beings and trisolarans, which is stretched from the first section. In the third part, the dark forest rule, suspicion chain and the technological explosion will be introduced, which constitute the masterstroke that influence the direction of the second section. the fourth part is the introduction of the game between inferior culture and superior culture in Death’s End. The last part summarizes the main viewpoints and thoughts on its practical significance.

Key Words: Three-Body Problem, civilization, cosmic view

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Attitudes Towards Another Civilization 3

2.1 Of Human Beings 3

2.2 Of Trisolarans 5

3 Dark Forest 7

3.1 Dark Forest Rules 7

3.2 Chains of Suspicion 8

3.3 The Technological Explosion 9

4 Game Between Inferior Culture and Superior Culture 10

4.1 The Dimension War 10

4.2 The Fermi Paradox 11

5 Conclusion 13

References 15

Acknowledgements 16

Interpretation on the cosmic views of

The Three-Body Problem – a post-modern science fiction

1 Introduction

Liu Cixin, a great science fiction writer, born in Shanxi, China in 1960s. After graduating from North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power in 1985, he became an engineer at a power plant. His first short story The Whale Song was published in 1999 and in the same year, Take Her Eyes got the first prize of the Chinese Galaxy Award for Science Fiction. In 2007, he published the novel Three Body, which made him the first Asian writer who won the Hugo Award.

The Three-Body Problem, tells the rise and fall of earth civilization and the three body civilization in the universe. Human history, physics, astronomy, social theory and philosophy are all have involved, and from the angle of science fiction, human nature is deeply discussed. With ambitious patterns and approach, this novel is known as the most prominent science fiction so far in the history of Chinese literature. It is the milestone of the Chinese science fiction that improves the level of Chinese science fiction to a much higher standard.