蓍草伪说考  

Textual Research on the False Assertion of the Use of Yarrow Stalks

作　　者：李旭冉 于沁可 LI Xu-ran;YU Qin-ke

机构地区：[1]山东大学儒学高等研究院,山东济南250100

出　　处：《周易研究》2022年第3期45-54,100,共11页Studies of Zhouyi

摘　　要：蓍草是多年生草本植物,其草茎一般被认为是《周易》的权威筮具。然而,这种看法与出土文献和传世文献的记载存在矛盾,也缺乏考古实物的佐证。细读《易传》可以发现,蓍草说是汉儒误读《系辞》中“蓍”字的结果,“蓍”其实是“筮”的通假字,义为竹制筹策。竹制筹策才是先秦常用的筮具。Yarrow stalk is a perennial herbaceous plant and its stems are usually viewed as authoritative instrument for divination in the Zhou Changes.However,this opinion is contradictory to both unearthed and received documents and lacks archaeological evidence.By detailed reading of the Yi zhuan(Commentaries on the Changes),the assertion of the use of yarrow stalks is the result of misreading by the Confucians of the Han(206 BCE-220 CE)of the character蓍in the Xici(Commentary on the Appended Phrases),which is actually a variant of筮,a kind of strip made of bamboo.As a matter of fact,bamboo strips were actually the instrument for divination in pre-Qin(before 221BCE)era.

关 键 词：蓍 筮 筹策 汉易 

分 类 号：B221[哲学宗教—中国哲学]