An Analysis and Exposition on Confucius' Academic Ideology at His Old Age from Yi-Zhuan Copied on Silk

By comparing Yi-Zhuan copied on silk with certain chapters related to Zhouyi in the Analects of Confucius, this paper defines that these chapters belong to what Confucius had said in his later years. Additionally, philosophical connotations reflected in Yi-Zhuan copied on silk turns out Chnfucius' stature of a philosopher in his remaining years, when he began to concern metaphysical problems. Confucius' commentaries on Zhouyi opened a new approach to study Zhouyi on the basis of its philosophical connotations, and revealed a turning point in the academic development. It is obvious that Confucius founded the Confucian moral metaphysics.