提 要：五德终始说于公元6-8世纪间传入日本。其时正当日本古代国家建立和完善之期。天皇朝廷利用五德终始说的天命皇权、正统承继思想，集权皇室，统御万民，确立了中央集权的国家体制，完善了以天皇为核心的典章制度。本文在考证五德终始说传入日本的过程的基础上，推论大化改新后各代天皇德运所在，提出孝德-水德、齐明-闰统水德、天智-木德、天武-火德、持统-闰统火德、草壁皇太子-土德、文武-金德的推断。

关键词：五德终始 古代日本 王权更迭

Title:The Connection of the Doctrine of Five-virtue Circulation with the Alternation of Ancient Japanese Regimes

Author:Guan Ning, Senior Research Fellow, National Museum of China, Beijing, 100037, China

Abstract:The doctrine of five-virtue circulation was introduced to Japan during the 6th to the 8th centuries when Japan was establishing and refining its ancient structure of state. The Imperial regimes used the ideas such as the heavenly legitimacy of the emperors, the legitimate succession, and centralized imperial power, achieved effective control of people and secured the centralized state power system. Based upon an examination of the process of the introduction of the doctrine of Five-virtue circulation to Japan, this article discusses the virtues of the Japanese Emperors following the Taika reform era. It provides a hypothetical conclusion as such: Kōtoku tennō was related with the virtue of water, Saimei tennō with the virtue of intercalary water, Tenji tennō with the virtue of wood, Temmu tennō with the virtue of fire, Jitō tennō with the intercalary fire virtue, and Kusakabe no miko with the virtue of earth.

Key words: The doctrine of five-virtue circulation Ancient Japan Alternation of Regimes