《周易》神韵的文化透视——《坤》“龙战于野”的再认识

A Cultural Perspective on ZhouYi's Verve——Re-cognition of 'long zhan yu ye' in Kun

"战"之词义,主要有两解:一曰交战,一曰交媾。本文认为"战"在哲学层面上体现为斗争与相合的统一,相合是其本质,"交战"义则违背了"生生之谓易"之至理;征之帛书《周易》和《焦氏易林》,认为"战"确有"交媾"义,但"交媾"未能传达《易》"战"形神兼备之神韵:"战"既勃发着流宕不羁的野性,又凸现至情至性之质;既充满情感,又饱含形象性,它是远古时代情蕴的写照。对于这样一个浓缩了《周易》精神的词汇,我们应该从哲学和情感两个层面上把握它,而不应该简单化、机械化地观照它。

Traditionally it is believed that there are two main referential meanings of ‘zhan＇. warring or coition. The author of this paper believes that the philosophical meaning of ‘zhan’ is the unity of struggle and consistency and the latter is its essence, because the idea of ‘warring＇ breaks the maxim that perenniality is change. Both BoShu and JiaoshiYiLin suggests that ‘zhan＇ means this fails to convey the verve of ‘zhan＇, a combination of both uninhabited wildness and cerity, of emotions and images. So it is believed by the author that ‘zhan＇ should the portraiture of ancient beliefs. The author also believes that since this word concentrates the spirit of ZhouYi, we should never interpret it mechanically; instead, we should try to understand it from a both philosophical and emotional perspective.