朱熹易学与史学的会通与交融

The Convergence and Interaction of Zhu Xi's Research on YIJING and His Historiography

作为中国古代历史上最重要的思想家之一,朱熹在易学与史学领域均有建树,其易学与史学之间存在相互会通和交融的紧密关系。朱熹视太极与天理为世界本质和价值根源,肯定天道与人道在此基础上的一致性;以易的阴阳变易与交易特性,作为考察古今历史变易的哲理基础;基于史学求真求实的思维方式,强调“《易》本卜筮之书”,并视《周易》为记录中国早期文明发展历程的“上古之书”。朱熹注重易学与史学的会通与交融,易史并重、易史兼采成为其治学特色,对后世影响深远。

As one of the most important thinkers in ancient Chinese history, Zhu Xi made great achievements in the research on YIJING and historiography, and there was a close relationship between them. Zhu Xi regarded taiji(the supreme ultimate) and tianli(the natural coherence) as the essence of the world and the root of values. The characteristics of yin and yang, which were changeable, contradictory and alternating with each other, became the philosophical basis of his research on the reasons for historical changes. Based on the historical consciousness of seeking truth and reality, Zhu Xi put forward the view of “the original use of YIJING was for divination”, and regarded YIJING as the “Book of the Ancients”. Zhu Xi paid attention to the convergence and interaction between Yi-ology and historiography, which composed the main feature of his academy, and had a positive impact on later generations of scholars who were both specialized in Yijing and historiography.