Wang Su's Annotation Of Zhou Yi And His I Ching Learning

In the history of Chinese philosophy, the Liang Han Dynasty's classics studies and the Wei and Jin Dynasty's metaphysical theories are very important phases, the two phases were researched deeply by thinkers .But, so far, we have not deeply researched the transition between the two phases. Wang Su is a representative scholar; he came through four emperors of the Wei Dynasty. His thinking is a key link between the Classics Studies and the Metaphysical Theories, he threw away studying the classical learning based on the current script when he annotates I Ching ,but made use of studying the classical learning based on earlier, his annotation is not cockamamie but ordinary. His Annotation of Zhou Yi influenced a lot on the formation of the latter. Wang Su surpassed his father's Annotation of Zhou Yi, and his studding I Ching (book of changes ) was requested must be studied by the government . The paper has four parts. It introduces Wang Su and his Annotation of Zhou Yi, and introduces his annotation's characters, his ways and his format to annotate I Ching, and his influence to Wang Bi's annotation. Chapter one introduces Wang Su and his Annotation of Zhou Yi .There are three sections .The first section, Wang Su is a representative scholar , his lifetime came through four emperors of the Wei Dynasty, his learning was the most important in his lifetime .He had wrote many books, he annotated all of the Confucian classics, all his works have the amount of one 25 , all his works contains Confucius'Liu Jing. But many of his books were disappeared, and now only a little part of his books was conserved. Many of his Annotation of Zhou Yi had disappeared ,too .The second section , His learning roots includes studying the classical learning based on earlier, and the Jing Zhou school ,and Tai Xuan ,and the classics studies of Zheng Xuan . Annotation learning that he has absorbed study of Confucian classics of the classical learning based on earlier tradition .The third section, his ways to annotated classic studies is introduced briefly. Chapter two introduces the characters of his annotation. His annotation had two characters, he carried on Jing Zhou school's of annotating Zhou Yi with Yi Zhuan , and his annotation emphasizes the experience and morality. In a word, his annotation accords with Yi Zhuan . Chapter there introduces his format of his Annotation of Zhou Yi .He emphasized philosophical connotations of I Ching when he annotated it .He hadn't give up image-number of Yi Zhuan. He used the image-number of Yi Zhuan but give up the image-number of the Han Dynasty image-number scholars. His annotation not used of the Qi of Yin and Yang to explain the calamity, and he tried to embody the Yi Dao, he only used the image-number of the Gua itself. Chapter four discusses Wang Su and Wang Su's I Ching learning brought an important influence to following thinker. His ways and formats influenced Wang Bi'thinking, Wang Bi was one of a representative thinker of the Metaphysical Theories. There are there sections in this chapter. It includes the content of three following respects: the first, Wang Su and Wang Bi's learning inherited relation, considering of Wang Su influenced Wang Bi .the second , Wang Su influenced Wang Bi'I Ching learning of its format .the third ,Wang Su influenced Wang Bi'I Ching learning of its ideal of annotation. In a word, we can conclude that Wang Su was so important between the Liang Han Dynasty's classics studies and the Wei and Jin Dynasty's metaphysical theories that we need to understand his annotation. What he annotated I Ching was chiefly, emphasizing philosophical connotations of I Ching, trying to giving up the image-number system. What his annotation of I Ching has two characters are Annotating Zhou Yi with Yi Zhuan and emphasizing the experience and morality were considered as his annotation's notable characters. His annotation differs from the Han Dynasty 'scholars who annotated the I Ching with the image-number system ,and he opposed the superstition .Wang Su's annotation inf...