“阳三阴四说”考论——从楚竹书《周易》的分篇与分段谈起

Textual Research on the Theory "Yang San(Three) Yin Si(Four)"——Beginning with the Paragraph Division on the Chu Bamboo Slips Manuscript of the Zhouyi

"阳三阴四"的观念来源甚古,而且有其坚实的知识基础。战国楚竹书《周易》的分段有可能是直观地体现和运用了"阳三阴四"的观念,但从文献记载来看"阳三阴四"观念的直接所指并不是为了表示易卦的分段。孔子从爻位与人的德性象征的意义上阐发了"阳三阴四"之义,而京房等人则深刻地揭示了其所内涵的天圆地方、阳奇阴偶,以及阴阳错综复杂对待应和以生成万物等思想观念。

＂Yang corresponding to Three and Yin to Four＂ is an age-old idea. The paragraph division in the Chu bamboo slips manuscript of the Zhouyi might have intuitionally applied this idea, although by the records of documents the idea doesnt refer to the paragraph division of the book of Yi. Confucius interprets the implication of the idea by the position of Yin or Fang lines, whereas the image-numerologists such as JING Fang profoundly revealed the connotations of the idea that heaven is round and earth square, Yang is odd and Yin even, and the interaction between Fin and Fang creates all beings in the universe.