On Wang Bi's hermeneutic principle in interpreting Yi

In annotating Zhouyi, WANG Bi (226-249) showed a strong attempt to return to the connotations conceived in Yi Zhuan. By his Zhou yi lue li (Concise Interpretative Formulae for Zhouyi), which clarifies his hermeneutic principles in interpreting Zhouyi, we can know that he paid particular attention to Ming xiang (lit. Explicating the Images, one chapter in Zhou yi lue li) and Ming tuan (Explicating the Judgment) , and focused on the inspiration drawn from the structure of the lines in a hexagram. The connotations of the hexagram and lines elaborated by WANG Bi were based on his recognition of the Dao of heaven. Because WANG believes the Dao of heaven is a series of unfolding, the unfolding from to image to language in his argument also corresponds to this understanding and led to a particular narrative style while he was composing his works. Language, image and idea in his Lao zi zhu (Annotations to Lao zi) can be interpreted as (Confucian) principles, designation and non-namerespectively. Not only can this be a narrative method but also be regarded as a practice of the Dao in the world of principles. Now that WANG Bi had mentioned the correlation between language, image and idea in his Zhou yi lue li, did he complete his Zhou yi zhu (Annotations to Zhouyi) still in this line? And what kind of new on Zhouyi will his hermeneutic approach bring forth to the readers. This paper focuses on these two questions and gives an answer.