易象思维的特征及文化表达

The Characteristics of the Way of Thinking According to the Changing Images and Their Cultural Expressions

易象思维是《周易》在继承夏、商卜筮原始思维的基础上发展而形成的中华民族特有的一种思维方式,思维过程包含着“立象见意”和“依象明事”两个阶段。它不同于西方所谓的原始思维、逻辑思维、形象思维,而是兼有原始思维、逻辑思维和形象思维特征的混合性思维方式。易象思维赋予了中华民族诸如青铜、礼乐、服饰、建筑、史学、哲学、文学等众多文化表达的“象”性特质,从而使它们具有实用性与艺术性合一的逻辑必然性。

Thinking according to the changing images is a particular way of thinking of the Chinese people based on the practice of divination in Xia and Shang dynasties,which is recorded in The Book of Changes.This way of thinking consists of two steps:signification upon the making of images and understanding according to the images.It is different from the western hibridity of primitive,logical and pictorial ways of thinking.It gives the quality of imagery to many kinds of cultural expressions such as bronze,music,clothes,architecture,history,philosophy and literature,making them a logical and inevitable synthesis of artistry and practicalness.