摘要
甲骨文何組卜辭(即所謂第三期卜辭)對'鄉'字有一種特殊用法。過去學者多以爲這個'鄉'字屬於貞卜命辭。與此不同,本文提出'鄉'應該理解爲占辭抑或兆辭,意思是鬼神'享受'了貞卜的希求。這種用法也可見於周代的各種經典上,諸如《墨子》和《禮記》,也見於上海博物館所藏《周易》戰國寫本,就是'元亨利貞''亨'字的原來寫法。據此,本文對《周易》筮法提出新的看法。
The Diviner He—Group inscriptions of Shang oracle-bone inscriptions(i.e.,Period III)feature an unusual of the word xiang鄉.Although past studies have treated it as part of the divination charge,I argue in this paper that it should be understood instead as a sort of verification or crack notation,indicating that the spirits have“received”the communication being divined.I then use evidence in the Mozi墨子and the Shanghai Museum manuscript of the Zhou Yi周易to argue that this function of xiang as a verification continued into the Zhou dynasty,and is the original form of the word heng亨seen in the formula yuan heng li zhen元亨利貞of the Zhou Yi.On the basis of this identification,I propose a new way to understand Zhou Yi divination.
作者
夏含夷
Shaughnessy,Edward L.
出处
《甲骨文与殷商史》
2016年第1期159-166,共8页
Bulletin of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Yin-Shang History
