试析对中医之“气”的理解中的思维方式

Mode of Thinking in Understanding "Qi" in Traditional Chinese Medicine

用现代的思维方式去理解中国古代的概念 ,难免会出现偏差 ,将“气”定义为物质就是一典型范例。通过运用中国古典的非对象的、唯象的思维方式 ,对气进行考察 ,便可看出 ,气是物质运动之象 ,中医中的气则是人体生命活动之象。从而得出结论 :对中医学中基本概念的理解 ,不能只站在现代的角度 ,而应穿越思维空间 ,去经历古人的思维历程 。

When modern mode of thinking is employed to understand conceptions in the ancient times, errors are inevitable. A case in point is the definition that qi is a substance. When typically ancient non-objective and phenomenological mode of thinking was used to investigate into qi, we know that qi is the manifestation of the material motion and in traditional Chinese medicine qi is the manifestation of the vital activity. It follows that in understanding the basic concept of traditional Chinese medicine, one should try to experience the thinking mode of the ancient people instead of using the modern ways of thinking. Only in this way can we come to correct conclusions.