中医象思维的概念

Research on the Concept of Xiang Thinking in Chinese Medicine

对于与象有关的思维方式的命名及界定,由于人们的着眼点不同而众说纷纭,大致可以划分为从思维客体的角度定义、从思维工具的角度定义、从思维目标的角度定义、从思维主体的角度定义4个方面。由此可将象思维定义为以客观事物自然整体显现于外的现象为依据,以物象或意象(带有感性形象的概念、符号)为工具,运用直觉、比喻、象征、联想、推类等方法,以表达对象世界的抽象意义,把握对象世界的普遍联系乃至本原之象的思维方式。象思维是客观之象与心中之象的转化与互动过程,是将获取客观信息转化为"意象"而产生的关联性思维。

The naming and definition of Xiang Thinking varies from four aspects such as thinking objects, thinking tools, thinking objectives and thinking subjects. Xiang Thinking is a kind of thinking modes that is based on the appearance of objective things and using images or imagery as a tool to express the abstract sense of the Xiang world. As an association thinking, Xiang Thing is a transformation and interaction of objective Xiang and mind Xiang.