纣王时期朝廷政治生态——履卦与明夷卦本事考索

On the Political Ecology of the Imperial Court in the Government of the King of Zhou:An Investigation into Lu Gua and Ming Yi Gua

殷周易代之际,朝廷风云裹挟了诸多贤明君子,《周易》作者怀抱着强烈的忧患意识,在履卦和明夷卦中,隐晦地记录了纣王对身边名臣比干、西伯、微子、箕子、太师疵、少师强等人的迫害与虐杀,反映出纣王的淫乱及其朝廷政治生态的极度恶劣。对照《史记》的记载和《周易正义》的解释,可知履卦与明夷卦所记不虚。

There were many wise men appeared in the imperial court at the alternation of the Yin and Zhou dynasties.The author of The Book of Changes had a strong sense of worry.In the Lu Gua and Ming Yi Gua,he recorded that Bigan,Xibo,Weizi,Jizi,Taishici,Shaoshiqiang and others were persecuted and slaughter by the King Zhou.It reflected the promiscuous of King Zhou and the extremely bad political ecology of the imperial court.Comparing the records of The Historical Records and The Interpretation of The Book of Changes,we can see that Lu Gua and Ming Yi Gua are right.