简论易学对中国古代法律文化的影响

摘要

I Ching：Book of Changes is the earliest book widespread in ancient China, and recognized as ＂the best of all the scrip- tures,the origin of all the schools of thought＂.Its rich content whereas plain wording help reserve historical materials in the ancient time and serve as a channel for later generations to study people＇s life then.In the text and commentaries of I Ching,plenty of le- gal phenomena and thoughts are recorded. For generations,practitioners of laws spare no efforts in studying the legal culture in it. Research of the legal culture in I Ching experienced a development process from suspicion to confirmation,from annotation to anal- ysis,from sporadic cases to unitary study.In the text of I Ching,many legal issues can be found,like ＂suit＂, ＂imprisonment＂, ＂sen- tence＂, ＂penalty＇,etc.The influence of I Ching on the legal society of ancient China will be analyzed by briefly introducing the symbolisms in hexagrams like Shibe,Xie,Bi,Feng and Lv.%《周易》是中国古代流传最早的成体系书,自古被誉为＂群经之首,百家之源＂。它的内容丰富,文字古朴,保留了许多上古的史料,亦给后人研究上古文化提供了便利。在《周易》经传文本里,记载了大量的法律现象和法律思想,经几代的法律人的共同努力,使《周易》的法律文化经过了＂从疑到肯、从注到解、从零到整＂的发展过程。在《周易》经传的文本里,记载着大量诸如＂讼＂、＂狱＂、＂刑＂、＂罚＂等法律现象。本文通过简述《周易》中《噬嗑》、《解》、《贲》、《丰》、《旅》等卦中的象辞,分析了易学文化对中国古代法制社会的影响。