A Preliminary Inquiry into Zhang Zai’s Philosophy of History in His Studies of Yijing

作者：Yamin, Xin

来源：KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time , 2015, 15(1): 71-79.

DOI：10.1163/15685241-12341322

<jats:p>“<jats:italic>Zunwang jianba</jats:italic>” 尊王賤霸 (Honoring the [Three] Kings and Denunciating the [Five] Hegemons) is commonly regarded as the principal idea of the Confucian Conception of History. However, Zhang Zai 張載 (1020-1077), the founder of North Song’s Neo- Confucianism, expressed his unique view of history by interpreting<jats:italic>Yijing</jats:italic>(<jats:italic>The Book of Changes</jats:italic>) in his work<jats:italic>Hengqu Yishuo</jats:italic>橫渠易說 (<jats:italic>An Explanation of the Meaning of Yi</jats:italic>), which departed from the ancient Confucian tradition. This article offers an account of Zhang’s philosophy of history, which has been overlooked for a long time. Zhang Zai’s historical philosophy of<jats:italic>Yijing</jats:italic>can be summarized in two sentences: “Histories existed before [the advent of] historical records書前有史,” and “Tools existed prior to [the invention of] hexagrams卦前有器.”</jats:p>

• 出版日期2015-3-31
• 单位中国人民大学