“人体文化”与“身体文化”辨析

Reasoning of Chinese Body Culture:Interpretation of Relative Concepts

"人体"与"身体"是当下中国人体文化研究中频繁使用的一对概念,它们的含义常常被混淆。"人体"与"身体"的概念既涉及人的赤裸状态,又涉及人的服饰状态。但"身体"泛指万物之体,"人体"则特指人之身,且"人"通"仁义"之"仁"。"身体文化"是西学中的热门研究",人体文化"则可以让人引起对艺术与科学更多的关注。"人体文化"与"身体文化"概念在中国学术界的出现、发展,内涵虽有区别,但两者的理论可相互借鉴。

The concepts of ＂human body＂ and ＂body＂ are two frequent employed but often confusing concepts in present Chinese human body culture study. They relate to not only the nakedness of human beings, but also the states of wearing clothes. ＂Body＂, however, refers to generally the physical part of all things; ＂human body＂ refers to that of human＇s. Furthermore, the Chinese character ＂ren＂ （ ~k. ） shares the similar meaning of ＂ten＂ （ ~C ） meaning humanity or benevolence. ＂Body culture＂ study is very popular in western academy, but ＂human body culture＂ study may raise more artistic and scientific concern. They are different in the emergence and development in Chinese academic field, but their theories can be borrowed each other .