易学与苏州耦园布局

Book of Changes and Suzhou Ouyuan Layout

苏州耦园被联合国教科文组织批准列为世界文化遗产。作为苏州古典园林的代表,耦园所包含的文化意蕴尚有待进一步的发掘。现通过对耦园的研究,发现其布局是主人运用易学原理的结果,这在以“师法自然”为圭臬的苏州造园史上,实属仅此一例。这一新发现丰富了耦园的文化诠释。独特的文化内涵是一份极其珍贵的园林文化遗产,应该引起学界的充分重视。

Abstract:As a representative of Suzhou classical Gardens,Suzhou Ouyuan strongly requires our attention to further research of its profound culture background after it was ap-proved its application of world cultural legacy by UN Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)recently.At present,extensive research work show that the layout of Ouyuan is the result of applying Book of Changes ingeniously by its owner.The new discovery enriches the explanation to Ouyuan Culture,which stands Ouyuan as the only example for its sophisticated arrangement in Suzhou where the worship to nature is the most important guideline.Great atten-tion should be attached to its most cherished unique cultural treasure.