黄道周论《周易》与天文历算

HUANG Dao-zhou's Views on the Relationship between the Zhouyi and Astronomy & Calendric Calculation

《易》以道阴阳,而日月正是天地现象界的最大阴阳,故有日月为《易》之说。在中国文化史上,《周易》和天文历法发生了紧密的关联,源远而流长。明末大儒黄道周的易学思想很复杂,其最大特色就是把《周易》与天文历算融为一体,以易数论历算之数。虽然在现代科学看来,这些推理没有什么合理性根据,但是这种思想一直是中国文化的一个重要特色,这种对宇宙万物内在统一性规律的探索精神在一定程度上也是可取的。

＂Yi is that which explicates the implications of Yin and Yang＂, whereas the sun and moon are the biggest Yin and Yang in the phenomena of heaven and earth, hence the assertion that （ the moving） of the sun and moon constitutes the Yi （Change）. In the history of Chinese culture, it had been a long time since the Zhouyi was correlated with astronomy ＆ calendric calculations. The great late Ming （1368 -1644） Confucianist HUANG Dao-zhou＇ s thought on Yi is complicated, whose most distinctive character is that it integrates the Zhouyi and astronomy ＆ calendric calculations into one entity, and elaborates calendric calculations by numerology of the Yi. Though by modern science these deductions lack rational basis, this kind of thought is an important characteristic of Chinese culture, to some extent the spirit of which to probe the integrity of the myriad things of the cosmos is adoptable.