《洪范》“彝伦”释义

The Paraphrase of“Yi Lun”in Hong Fan

“彝伦”一词最早见于《尚书·洪范》。要理解“彝伦”精义,当从两重维度进行把握。一则,“彝伦”为周代史官探索宇宙本体的思想结晶,是对天道、人道及其运行规律的高度抽象,以阐释天人之际的哲学架构与政治伦理。从这一维度观察,“彝伦”类同于老子的“道”。二则,“彝伦”等同于先秦两汉话语体系中的“伦理”“人伦”和“人事”,主要指人与人之间的等差秩序、现实社会的典章制度及其价值系统。从这一视界理解,“彝伦”又近同于现代伦理学的三个维度——人伦关系、政治秩序与个人品质。“彝伦”的上述维度,反映了周代史官的整体视界。

The term“Yi Lun”was first mentioned in The Book of History-Hong Fan,which is a highly refined version of the“Great Law of Universe”by Zhou Dynasty historians.To understand the essence of“Yi Lun”,it is important to grasp it in two dimensions.Firstly,“Yi Lun”is the crystallization of the thoughts of the Zhou historians in their exploration of the essence of the universe,and is also a high level of abstraction of the ways of heaven and man and their laws of operation,in order to explain the philosophical structure and political ethics of heaven and man.From this perspective,“Yi Lun”is analogous to Laozi's Tao.Secondly,“Yi Lun”is equivalent to“ethics”,“human relations”and“the ways of the world”in the pre-Qin and Han discourse systems.It refers mainly to the order of equivalence between human beings,the rules and regulations of the real society and its value system.Therefore,“Yi Lun”is similar to the three dimensions of modern ethics:human relations,political order and personal qualities.In short,the above-mentioned dimensions of“Yi Lun”reflect the holistic vision of the Zhou dynasty historians.