术语“人祭”的详细信息

英译术语:

human sacrifice

汉语语境:

商代盛行的巫术观念是人祭广泛实行的思想根据；异族间文化冲突所引起的种族仇恨，使得商人大量杀害异族以祭祀神灵。人祭习俗在周代呈现衰败的趋势，这主要是因为周人进行思想文化大变革，提出“敬德保民”的口号，人的地位得到抬高。

英语语境:

That human sacrifice was popular in Shang Dynasty was because Shang was a time at which the witchcraft was exceedingly worshiped. In addition, the cultural conflict, racial hatred and the killing of other racial people have made human sacrifice a practical need at the time. That human sacrifice declined in Zhou Dynasty was maily because the Zhou people's thinking and culture have had a dramatic change. They advocate that we respect Gods but we also need to be aware of people's needs. Thus, the people's status had been improved.