论《易经》的嬗变及其伦理功能的产生

Transmutation of Yijing and its Ethical Functions

《易经》作为中国古代最为经典的一部哲学著作,它因占卜而产生,经过数千年的流传和发展,特别是在卦爻辞产生和筮书形成之后,它的功能开始由占卜向伦理教化逐渐演变;当《易传》产生之后,这种演变则发生了质的飞跃,《易传》所阐发的丰富而深刻了的伦理思想,几乎完全取代了《易经》的原始宗教迷信成分,成就了《易经》作为中国古典哲学第一书的崇高地位,奠定了中国古代人文哲学———伦理学的发展道路。

As the most classical philosophical work of ancient China, Yijing was derived from augury. After the development of thousands of years, especially the formation of Guayaoci and Shishu, its function altered from angury to ethical education and it experienced a great leap forward when Yizhuan came into being. The profound ethical thoughts in Yizhuan replaced the superstitution in Yijing so that Yijing was highlighted as the first Chinese classical philosophical work and laid the foundation for teh ancient Chinese humanist philosophy.