中国的“象思维”及其原创性问题

Chinese “Xiang-Thinking” and Its Originality

“象思维”是对中国传统思维本质内涵和基本特征的概括,其首先体现为《周易》的“观物取象”和“象以尽意”。悟性的“象思维”是比西方理性的概念思维更为本原性的思维,它的动态整体性和诗意的灵动性是开启一切原发创生性之源。对“象思维”的探究,不仅意在从思维方式上揭示中西文化的本质区别,更提示着:对中国今日成就的文化反思,不能不特别重视中国当下原创性缺失的问题。

This work is aimed to find out the essential difference between Chinese and west culture from the view of thinking model. The Chinese Xiang-thinking is based on insight （wuxing）, while the west method is rooted in the rational and concept-thinking. Xiang-thinking is a reprehensive description of the main eharaeter and essential thinking model of traditional Chinese eulture. This kind of thinking model has begun with “Zhou I” whieh said：“Watehing things, getting from them images” （guan wu qu xiang） and “using images to express all meanings” （xiang yi jin yi）. Therefore Xiang-thinking holds the first principle and stronger originality than the method of concept-thinking. Its floability and uniformity as well as its poetical vitality represent the resource of all creative and briginal works. When we today reflect the Chinese culture, we have especially to pay attention on the problem of lack of original thinking in China.