“爻辞周公”说辨析

A discrimination and analysis on the saying " Yaoci was composed by the Duke of Zhou

《周易》爻辞为周公所作，这是历史上的一种颇有影响的说法。本文较为详尽地追溯了这一说法的由来和发展，认为它发端于王充、马融，论定于孔颖达，强化于朱熹，一直到今天，在学术界仍有广泛的影响。但究其实，终不过一假说而已。若无新的文献出土，它很难被实证，当然，也不易被证伪。

It is a very influential saying in the history that Yaoci(爻辞)of Thouyi was composed by the Duke of Zhou. This paper traced back in detail the origin and development of the saving, and concluded that it originated from WANG Chong and MA Rong, concluded by KONG Yingda, strengthened by ZHU Xi and still has vast influence until today. In fact, this saying is but a hypothesis. Without any new unearthed documents, this saying is neither easy to be verified and certainly nor easy to be falsified.