A Study of Ye Shi's Thought on Yi-ology

This paper is focused on the six characteristics of Ye Shi's thought on Yi-ology.Ye Shi followed the way of using meaning pattern to interpret the Zhouyi,or in accordance with the meaning of Tuan and Xiang.Because Ye Shi insisted that Tuan and Xiang were the works of Confucius.In other words,Tuan and Xiang contained the real thought of Confucius.According to Ye Shi's thought,this way embodied the ideality that Confucius attempted to carry out social reform that was founded on Yi-ology.Under the guidance of this idea,Ye Shi insisted the utilitarian nature so as to clear up the mysteriousness of Yi-ology.Compared with trigrams,hexagram's image generally establishes the primary items of virtue;compared with hexagram,hexagram's name generally establishes the social reason.It emphasizes that researching into the social reason is the principle of the annotation of Zhouyi.This way insured that Ye Shi casted off the obsession of image-numerology and interpreted Zhouyi as a book that publicizes the Confucian virtue,moral ideals and political idea.