《周易》的思想与中国的外交传统

Zhouyi and Chinese Diplomatic Tradition

《周易》的思想对于形塑中国外交传统有着重要影响。从《周易》各卦的卦义和爻辞中挖掘其微言大义,可以从宏观与微观层面对中国外交传统进行解读。以比卦与师卦、乾卦与坤卦、谦卦与豫卦、益卦与损卦为例,其中蕴含着丰富的和平发展、积极进取、顺势而为、强而不霸、合作共赢等治国理政思想,这些思想对于理解中国外交传统和当下中国外交模式、特质、魅力、变革等具有重要的启示。

The Book of Changes significantly influenced the formation of Chinese diplomatic tradition. By exploring themeanings of hexagram names and line statements, we can interpret Chinese diplomatic tradition in both macroscopic and microscopic levels. Hexagrams such as Bi ■, Closeness, 8] and Shi ■, The Army, 7], Qian ■, The Creative, 1] and Kun ■, The Receptive, 2], Qian ■, Modesty, 15] and Yu ■, Enthusiasm, 16], Yi ■, Increase, 42] and Sun ■,Decrease, 41] contain many ideas for statecraft including peaceful development, striving to be better, going with the flow,self-strengthening yet without hegemony, win-win cooperation, and so on. We can draw inspiration from these ideas for usto well understand Chinese diplomatic tradition and the mode, peculiarity, charm, and evolution of Chinese diplomacy.