简评中国古代阴阳五行思维模式的双重价值

Comments On Scientific Value of the Thinking Mode of Chinese Yin-Yang and Five Elements Theories

阴阳五行学说是中国古代辩证思维有机论自然观的重要表现形式 ,它把世界看成一个相互关联的统一整体 ,认为万事万物之间存在着普遍联系 ,并用对立统一观点来看待事物间的矛盾运动。它所表现的基本思想是可贵的 ,但由于古人的滥用 ,这个学说在许多领域中阻碍了中国传统科学的进步。不过它所蕴含的一些基本观念对现代自然科学的发展是有益的 ,对当代科学的发展也有一定的启迪作用。

The theories of Yin Yang and Five Elements are the important expressive form of the concept of nature in ancient Chinese dialectical thinking and organic theory.It considers the world as a cognate unite that everything has a kind of universal relations with each other.It also looks on the contradiction among things by the view of unity of opposites.The ideology it express is valuable,but hinders the progress of traditional Chinese science in a lot of areas because of the abuse by the ancients.The fundamental ideas it contains are profitable to the development of modern natural science and may Show inspiration to the development of contemporary science.