《文言传》:千古文章之祖

Supplementary to the Thwan and Yao-On Khien and On Khwan:the Source of Chinese Literature

《易传》"十翼"之一的《文言传》,全篇仅近千字,分为"乾文言"与"坤文言"两部分,分别阐释《乾》《坤》两卦的象征义蕴。《文言传》在义理上广为引申,旁通四达,哲理意蕴至为深刻详明,而且其文章注重修辞,文采斐然,具有垂范后世的典范意义,被后代学者称誉为"千古文章之祖"。

The 'Supplementary to the Thwan and Yao-On Khien and On Khwan' with a thousand words explains respectively the meanings of Hexagrams Khien and Hexagrams Khwan.The philosophy of the 'Supplementary to the Thwan and Yao-On Khien and On Khwan'On Khien and On Khwan is extended broadly and its articles are famous for the marked rhetoric and literary grace,which can be regarded as the model of future literary works.'Supplementary to the Thwan and Yao-On Khien and On Khwan' is splendid and rhetorical speech,which has been treated as the source of Chinese Literature.