论《周易》的符号学思想

中国古代没有符号学学科。公元前22世纪至公元前12世纪,即夏商时代,已有卜筮之术。它通过对一些特殊符号的运作,对未来事件进行预测,其中已有符号学的萌芽。在夏代这种方法称为“连山”,在商代则称为“归藏”。到了周代(公元前11世纪起),这一套卜筮之术形式更为完备,解释也日益丰富,名之为“周易”。后来,《周易》被推为六经之首。经过历代学者的注释与补充,其内蕴已远远超出了卜筮之术的原有性质,而具有精湛深邃的哲学、文学、政治、历史与社会学的内容,也包含有系统丰富的符号学思想。

On the Semiotic Thoughts in ZHOUYI (The Book of changes)

s:In ancient China, there was no the discipline of semiotics. From 22 century B.C. to 12 century B.C., our ancestors practised divination by some special symbols for predicting the future events, which may be regarded as the sprouts of semiotics. Those methods in divination were called as Lianshan in Xia dynasty, and Guicang in Shang Dynasty. Till Zhou Dynasty (beginning in 11 Century B.C.), the form of divinations developed more completed, and its explanations were also developed more plentiful. People called it as ZOUYI (The Book of Changes), which was posed in the head of Six-Canons in Pre-Han Dynasty.