서사의 상상력에서 본 주역의 괘효사와 그 해석의 지평- 주대의 역사이야기를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This essay is to explicate the issue of how can Yijing be approached as the book of divine art. The main point is Gua-yao-ci translating a ceratin divinatory sign. Here is a horizon of understanding according to a narrative imagination. The narrative of Gua-yao-ci in Yijing can be called changeological narrative, in that it is concerned with divinatory signs. Gua-yao-ci is to the words of describing the historical events of the King Wen between Shang and Zhou dynasties according to the purpose of Gua-ming (卦名) and contents of divinatory signs. Particularly, it is to make typical exemplifications individual events and situations in sequence over time according to the purpose of Gua-ming. Here are a judgment of facts, a judgment of value, and their relationship. Explicating their internal relationship is equivalent to understanding some implications of Yili through a narrative of historical exemplifications. This method of understanding can be classified into the changeology of Yili which is in contrast with the changeology of Xiangshu (象數). And it is traditionally regarded as the book of historyKongju National University in the sense of explaining the result of divinatory signs concerning historical events. Recently, anecdotes of Gua-yao-ci, in describing narratives of history, are making considerable progress towards the directions of culture contents or history contents in the sense of guiding even moral contents as well as having instructions of human life.