中国史前"使四鸟"阐微

在黄河、长江流域文化遗址中,我们经常看到一些雕刻着四个鸟的图案;在号称中国文学源头活水的千古奇书《山海经》中,我们也常常看到“使四鸟”这样的字眼,它们到底是什么意思?本文根据殷墟龟甲出现鸡卦符号可证易卦数字源出鸡卦,并依其方法对“使四鸟”进行了成功解读,提出《易经》八卦是因为“使四鸟”生出来的观点。“使四鸟”就是上古时代的鸡卦,它们是易卦数字形成的载体和基础。

A Brief Elucidation of the Prehistoric "Four Birds"

The inscribed "Four Birds"can often be found in those Cultural Ruins along the Yellow River and Changjiang River.The words-"to drive the Four Birds"are also mentioned very frequently in Mountain and Sea Classics, a great book which is considered as the origin of Chinese Literature.What does the "Four Birds" really mean? It can be concluded that the numbers of Yi Gua's are developed from those of Cock Gua,as which are inscribed on the tortoise shells of Yin Dynasty,and that Cock Gua are from the prehistoric "Four Birds",as which appears far earlier than the former.Therefore,a conclusion can be drawn that the ideas of Ba Gua in I Ching-The Book of Changes,in fact,stem from the "Four Birds",which can be called as the Old Cock Gua in remote antiquity,and which is the basis and the carrier of the formation of the numbers of Yi Gua.