I Ching - Ekigaku

Japanese: 易学 - えきがく
I Ching - Ekigaku

A hermeneutic of the Book of Changes, one of the Chinese Confucian scriptures. It can be found as early as in the divination articles in the Spring and Autumn Annals Zuo Zhuan and the National Language, which interpret the Book by incorporating the symbols and numbers of the Eight Trigrams. This is called the Xiangsu Yi. Works that belong to this line include the Tan Zhuan, Xiang Zhuan, and Shuo Gua Zhuan. The Jie Ci Zhuan attempts to provide a philosophical basis for the Book of Changes, and is rather a precursor to the interpretations of Wang Bi (226-249). Han Dynasty scholars of I Ching, particularly Zheng Xuan (127-200), Xun Shuang (128-190), and Yu Fan (164-233), further incorporated various "techniques" (such as orai (communication), shokou (rising and descending), and botsuu (parallel communication)) to explain the mysteries. Meng Xi (1st century BC) and Jing Fang (78-37 BC) introduced astronomy into their explanations of "hexagram energy, split hexagrams directly directing the day," and also explained "disasters" from the standpoint of the "relationship between heaven and man." This "Xiang-su-yi" attempted to explain all the words in the scriptures in the form of "hexagrams," and because the explanations became complicated, Wang Bi almost completely abandoned "symbols, numbers, and techniques," and instead read and explained the meanings of the scriptures. This is called "Yi-li." The "Xiang-su-yi" is compiled in the "Zhouyi Compilation," which contains the surviving theories of each school, and Qing Dynasty scholars energetically collected and explained the surviving theories of "Xiang-su-yi." Regarding "Yi-li," Wang Bi wrote "Comments on Zhouyi," which is explained in detail in "Zhouyi Zhengy." Zhu Xi (Zhu Xi, 1130-1200) wrote "The Essential Meaning of Zhouyi," which emphasizes divination and follows the tradition of "Yi-li," while also emphasizing "personal affairs." There are also some sharp theories in the criticism of the texts.

[Takao Fujiwara]

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Japanese:

中国の儒教経典の一つ『易経(えききょう)』の解釈学。その古くは『春秋左氏伝(しゅんじゅうさしでん)』『国語』の占筮(せんぜい)記事中にみられ、「八卦(はっか)」の象徴と数とを取り入れて解する。これを「象数易(しょうすうえき)」という。この系統に属するものが「彖(たん)伝」「象伝」「説卦(せっか)伝」である。「繋辞(けいじ)伝」は、「易」に哲学的根拠を与えようとするもので、むしろ、次の王弼(おうひつ)(226―249)の解の先蹤(せんしょう)をなす。漢代の易学者、ことに鄭玄(じょうげん)(127―200)、荀爽(じゅんそう)(128―190)、虞翻(ぐほん)(164―233)らは、さらに種々の「術」(往来(おうらい)、升降(しょうこう)、旁通(ぼうつう)など)を取り入れて解する。孟喜(もうき)(前1世紀)、京房(けいぼう)(前78―前37)らは、天文学を取り入れた「卦気、分卦直日(ぶんかちょくじつ)」を説くとともに、「天人相関」の立場から「災異(さいい)」を説く。この「象数易」は、経文の語をすべて「卦」の形から説こうとするもので、その説明が煩瑣(はんさ)なものとなったために、王弼は、「象、数、術」のほとんどすべてを捨て、経文の意味するところを読み取り、それを説いた。これを「義理易」という。「象数易」のまとまったものは『周易集解(しゅうえきしっかい)』で、各家の遺説がみられ、清(しん)朝の考証学者は精力的に「象数易」の遺説を収集し、解説した。「義理易」では、王弼の『周易注』があり、『周易正義』がそれを詳説する。朱熹(しゅき)(朱子、1130―1200)に『周易本義』があり、占筮を重視するとともに、「義理易」の伝統にも従いながら、「人事」を重視して解説する。また、文献批判にも鋭い説をみる。

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