《周易内传·发例》为王夫之晚年老成圆熟之作。在《发例》中,王夫之不仅精炼地陈述了他对《周易》长期研究的成果,而且批判了历代解释《周易》的各个流派,纲领性地总结了近三千年的易学研究史。一、关于先秦易学。对周易起源,王夫之提出四圣作易。他说:“伏羲氏始画卦,而天人之理尽在其中矣。上古简朴,未遑明著其所以然者以诏天下后世。幸筮氏犹传其所画之象而未之乱。文王起于数千年之后,以不显亦临无射亦保之心得,即卦象而体之,乃系之彖辞以发明卦象得失吉凶之所由。周公又即文王之彖,达其变于爻,以研时位之几 “Book of Changes Biography” for the late husband of Wang Fu mature and mature. In the “Examples”, Wang Fuzhi not only elaborated his achievements in the long-term study of the Book of Changes, but also criticized the various genres explaining the Book of Changes in successive dynasties and summed up the nearly 3,000-year history of Yi-ology studies programmatically. First, on the pre-Qin school. On the origins of the Book of Changes, Wang Fu made four holy books for the easy. He said: "Fu Xi began to draw the hexagram, while the reason of man and nature are in it. The ancient simplicity did not reveal the reason why those who use the world to die later. After thousands of years, the King of Wen started his career by not revealing his own ideas of immortality, that is, It becomes 爻 to study when a bit