语言本质“道器”论

On the essence of language

语言不仅仅只是工具符号 ,同时还是思想本体 ,是世界观和思维方式 ,这是两个不同的层面 ,即“器”的层面和“道”的层面 ,或者说工具层面和思想层面。语言既是形而下的 ,又是形而上的。在形而上的意义上 ,文化问题本质上可以归结为语言问题。

The language is not only tool and symbol, but also noumenon of idealogy, view of world and means of thinking. In another word, it is spirit as well as substance.In the sense of spirit,the problems of culture may be summed up as the problems of language.