论陈法关于《周易》明人事的思想

关于《周易》一书的性质，历代易学家均有讨论，且为解易者首要回答的问题。汉代易学家普遍认为《周易》为卜筮之书，魏王弼以玄学解易，重视阐发《周易》义理，批评汉易象数学，开启了以《周易》解人事之先河。宋以后，易学家关于《周易》性质的论点趋于公允，即认为《周易》在历史上曾经作为卜筮之书的形态存在，但后世之学易者应注重开发其明天道、人事之理。程颐、张载、朱熹、王夫之等即持此种观点。陈法继承了这一传统，明确指出《周易》为明人事之书。

On Chen Fa＇ s Idea of Understanding Human Virtues Encoded in ＂Zhou Yi＂

In history many Yi （change） scholars have discussed the nature of ＂Zhou Yi＂, a classic of Way of Change. Some considered it to be a book of divination, while some others a book of reasoning. Still, a number of scholars virtues. Chen Fa, a Guizhou Province scholar sumption. regarded it as a book of expounding human in the Qing Dynasty, inherited the third assumption.