丁超五易卦探源说

DING Chao-wu's view on the origin of the trigrams and hexagrams of Yi

20世纪初,西方文化对中国文化产生强烈冲击,并导致中西文化之间空前交织和会通,处在这一大的文化背景下,丁超五试图会通易学与科学,收集了大量易学文献资料,追溯《易》之源头,探讨了《易》与卜筮、卜筮与科学的关系,提出易道是建立在科学的基础之上的,易学不是专为卜筮而作,易学起源“坤先乾后”等观点。虽然在易学起源问题上他有些提法值得商榷,但对于我们今天探讨易卦起源,揭示易学中的科学思想,解读《周易》中的刚柔关系,把握历史上易与道家互动关系有重要启发意义。

In the beginning of the 20^th century, western culture launched fierce challenges against traditional Chinese culture, which led to an unprecedented interflow of the two cultures. Under this cultural background, DING Chao-wu attempted to fuse the Yi-ology and science. Having collected a plenty of literature of the Yi-ology and through tracing back to the origin of the Yi, DING Chao-wu discussed the relationship between Yi, divination, and science, setting forth that the Dao of Yi was based on science, Yi was not created only for divination, in the beginning trigram or hexagram Kun （the 2^nd hexagram in the received version of Zhouyi） was put in the first place followed by Qian （the 1^st hexagram in the received version of Zhouyi）, etc. Though his view on the origin of the Yi need further discussion, his insight is still inspiring for us to discuss the origin of the trigrams and hexagrams, expose scientific thought conceived in Yi, comprehead the relationship between hardness and softness, and study the mutual complementary relationship between Yi-ology and Daoism.