《周易参同契》的丹道易学

Principles of refining cinnabar and I Ching learning in Zhou Yi Chan Tong Qi

魏伯阳的《周易参同契》运用西汉及东汉早期的象数易学 ,通过观象、立卦、“拟诸其形容” ,使无形的不易感触的微观的运动 ,摆脱感观的局限而诉诸于形容 ,将丹道与易道结合 ,以推阐还丹之理 ,使丹术得以升华 ,同时又引导道教完成了由外丹向内丹的转化。正是《参同契》的丹术对《周易》原理的精妙运用 ,使它通过神仙方术和炼丹术的形式 ,接续了中国文化所固有的传统理念 ,承转了中国文化的慧命 ,故而使《周易参同契》在中国道教史。

By adopting the image number ideas in the I Ching learning of the Western Han Dynasty and the early Eastern Han Dynasty, WEI Bo yang combined the principles of refining cinnabar and those of Yi into one, to elaborate the cinnabar refinery theory, raising cinnabar refining techniques to a theoretic level, and having transferred the Daoism from external cinnabar refinery to internal refinery. It is just on account of applying Yi principles to the cinnabar rifining theory, thus inheriting and passing down the inherent traditional ideas and wisdom of Chinese culture in form of cinnabar refinery, that Zhou Yi Can Tong Qi enjoys a great esteem in Chinese history of Daoism, I Ching learning and science & technology.