《易经·颐卦》考释

本文在对《颐卦》“口实”、《易传》“养”之义考释和对殷周之人对龟卜的态度进行考察的基础上,对《颐卦》卦爻辞进行解释。认为《颐卦》“口实”当取借口、依据之义,经传“养”当训为“象”、“相”,卦辞“观颐,自求口实”是“观察人的面部表情动作所传达的意见.为自己的行为寻找借口”之义,爻辞“朵颐”、“颠颐”、“拂经于丘颐”、“拂颐”、“拂经”、“虎视眈眈,其欲逐逐”等都是一些暗示人不同意见的面部表情语言、动作语言。全卦实际上反映了商周之际人们思想的转变以及在人意、龟卜结果之间取舍的矛盾复杂心态。

A textual research and interpretation of the hexagram of Yi

By examining meanings of certain characters of the hexagram of Yi (Nourishment) and the attitude of the people of the Yin and Zhou dynasties to tortoise-shell divination, this paper set forth a new interpretation of the remarks attached to the hexagram and the 6 lines. The paper, by a textual research, holds that the remarks affiliated to the hexagram extend the meaning of "examing the opinion from facial expressions and gestures to seek an excuse for one's own actions. "And the remarks affiliated to the 6 lines are to hint different facial expressions and gestures. The meaning of the whole hexagram actually reflects the transformations of the people's thoughts of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and their contrdictory and complicated mentality to the choice between human will and the result from tortoise-shell divination.