A study on Yi Xue of the Song Dynasty

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520053
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: SHIN HYEON 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 講師 (70379220)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 易学 / 邵雍 / 張行成 / 漢易 / 宋代 / 先天易 / 皇極経世書 / 翼玄

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is a study on how far I-ching is understood and being studied in China intellectual history. Especially by taking “the Huangji Jingshi 皇極經世" which is written by Shao Yong of Northern Song Dynasty, we can discuss the art of divination characteristics. Shao Yong reverses the traditional method to match fortune with calendar. Thus, he eliminated the errors and impressively proved the harmonize relationship between them by mathematically matching calendar with fortune. However, the same interpretation method was also being identified in “Yishu 緯書” (Chinese books which describe predictions and others) during Han dynasty. Therefore, this traditional method of Han dynasty was inherited to measure more precisely both fortune and calendar harmonization.

Free Research Field

中国思想史