“元气”演化史观——《易纬》的自然史观研究

Historical view of the development of the "primordial Qi" A study of the natural historical view manifested in Yi Wei

"元气"演化史观是《易纬》历史观的重要内容。本文论《易纬》的"元气"演化史观即自然史观,强调《易纬》对《易传》"太极生化"说的发展与改造,探讨其"五气渐变,是为五运"的自然史观对自然演化过程的物质前提的肯定,从"象"与"数"的角度讨论其自然史观的哲学性质,肯定其具有的一定的合理性。

The historical view on the development of the 'primordial Qi' (Yuan Qi) is an important content of the historical view exhibited in the book of Yi Wei (literally, Yi Waft). This paper points out that the historical view on the development of the primordial Qi is a natural historical one, emphasizes the evolution and improvement of the Taiji's producing mode held in Yi zhuan by Yi Wei, discusses its affirmation to the material premise of the course of the natural development in its natural historical view of that 'the five Qi transform gradually and thus constitute the five developing modes'. Moreover, the paper discusses the philosophical quality of its natural historical view from the angle of images and figures, and confirms that it has certain reasonability.