《史记》与《周易》六论

On the relationship between the Historical Records and Zhouyi from six aspects

《周易》特别是《易传》对《史记》影响特别深刻:司马迁从肯定《易》术的角度记载了中国历史上一些著名卜筮事件,他的及时立功名的取士标准来自《易传》刚健奋发自强不息的人生观,《史记》整合此前学术的思想方法就是《易传》百虑一致殊途同归的思想,《易传》的重时观念影响和审微思想为司马迁观察历史提供了理论依据,司马迁在写作历史人物传记时所运用的典型化手法则来源于《易传》名小指大思想。

Zhouyi, especially Yi zhuan (the Commentaries on Yi) exerted extensive and deep influences on the Historical Records (written by SIMA Qian): SIMA Qian recorded some famous divinatory events in Chinese history from the angle of affirming the rationality of the divinatory techniques in Yi; His accepting bachelors on the standard of their ability to render meritorious deeds originates from the outlook for life of being steadfast and striving constantly embraced in Yi zhuan; His method of synthesizing the academic thoughts before is from the thought of 'reaching the same goal by different routes' expounded in Yi zhuan; Stressing timeliness and examining things meticulously upheld by Yi zhuan offered theoretical basis for him to examine history; The typicalized describing method used by him originates from the thought of that the appellations and names are but small matters, but the classes of things comprehended under them are large mentioned in Yi zhuan.