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KMID : 0385320060170020204
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Journal of Korean Psychoanalytic Society
2006 Volume.17 No. 2 p.204 ~ p.218
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A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of the Chinese Myth, ’Ye’ - The Causes and the Meanings of Repeated Misfortunes -)
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Lee Chang-Jae
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Abstract
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Myths reflect the group unconsciousness in a symbolic way. The group mentality is revealed through the hero, or unusual social phenomena. Therefore, one can reach a deep understanding about the ’group unconsciousness of the ancient people’ by analysis of the hero’s mentalities. The whole story ’Ye’ symbolizes the ancient Chinese mental condition; the hero (’Ye’) is the symbol of the mentality of the Chinese people. And all the other characteristics, such as the ’nine suns’ and monsters which were decimated by Ye, the heavenly god who turned his face away from him, Hang-Ah who abandoned him, Bok-Hee who was in love with him, Hah-Baek who was a rival in love, and SeoWangMo who gave him the elixir of life, are the symbols of the ’Objects’ which influenced the ancient Chinese, including their repressed desire and their mentality. For example, the constantly reappearing monsters are reflective of the repressed destructive drive. And, at the same time, they symbolize both the persecutive object as well as persecutive anxiety. Also, the failed married life, and SeoWangMo’s favoring of Ye reflect the desire to depend on the protective maternal love and the dependent mentality. The relationship between Ye and the authorities in the myth is the similar pattern as the one between the ancient Chinese populace and the authorities in those days. In other words, the hero, Ye, who was loyal and obedient to authority but was rewarded with nothing symbolizes the rage, chagrin, and the restlessness lurking in ancient Chinese people’s unconsciousness. On the other hand, one can perceive the ancient Chinese people’s anxiety of persecution, their obsessive superego, and their self-destructive mentality, as the symptoms of dissociation of the unconsciousness in the pre-Oedipal stage, through Ye’s tragic life which was composed of repetitive misfortune in spite of his great achievements.
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KEYWORD
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Disguise of unconsciousness, Pre-Oedipal deprivation, Projection of destructive drive, Persecution anxiety
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