论《周易禅解》的学术价值

On the Academic Value of the Zhou yi chan jie

《周易禅解》在易学史和佛教史上都是极具特色和分量的著作。蕅益大师一面区分了世间法与出世间法,阐释世间法时遵循传统易学方法,阐释出世间法时则建立了相对完整的以佛解易的话语体系;一面又论证世间法与出世间法浑然一体,由此会通儒家义理与佛学义理。这种以佛解易、以易证佛的全新尝试,既开拓了新的易学领域,也丰富了佛学的内容。从易学史的角度看,《周易禅解》乃是易佛融通的集大成之作,亦为后来的以佛解易者提供了可资借鉴的范本。

The Zhou yi chan jie(An Interpretation of the Zhou Changes from Buddhist Perspectives) was a particularly distinctive and important work in the history of both Yi jing studies and Buddhist studies. In this book, on the one hand, Master Ouyi(1599-1655) distinguished worldly dhammas from lokuttara dhammas. When interpreting the former, he followed traditional approaches to the Changes;while elucidating the latter, he founded a relatively integrated discourse system in the interpretation of the Changes from Buddhist perspectives. On the other hand, he also argued that the two kinds of dhammas could constitute an integral whole, by which he integrated Confucian principle and Buddhist principle into one entity. Not only did this kind of mutual interpretation initiate a new field for the study of the Changes, but also enriched the contents of Buddhism studies. From the angle of the history of Changes scholarship, the book was a magnum opus comprehensively synthesizing the Changes and Buddhism, which also provided a referential paradigm for later scholars who attempt to interpret the Changes from Buddhist perspectives.