论中医理论中“气”的本质

The Essence of the Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory of 'Qi'

气,即氣,是中医理论中最重要的概念之一,在中医理论的形成和完善过程中,中国古代哲学扮演着非常重要的作用,但是人体生命活动本身对气的概念也产生着重要影响。在中医古籍中,气一般是写作"氣",虽然"氣"与"气"是古今字,在含义上基本相同,中医理论在构建过程中,用"氣"作为论述人生命活动的最重要、最基本的概念,是人体生命活动的表现形式,"氣"的正常运行与脾、胃、肺、大肠这四个脏腑密切相关,是气机运动最为关键的四个脏腑。笔者认为中医理论中"氣"的概念,更多的是体现人体生命活动的氣的概念。在氣的概念演化过程中,由决定人体生命的饮食水谷和呼吸之气,演变成对人体一切生命活动的总称,因此笔者建议在论述中医理论时应该用"氣"这个字,"氣"更能体现中医理论氣的内涵。

The gas is‘qi’, which is one of the most important concepts in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, in the process of the formation of the Chinese medicine theory and perfect, the ancient Chinese philosophy plays a very important role, but the human body life activity itself is produced an important effect on the concept of gas. In ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine, the gas is commonly writing‘gas’, while‘gas’ and‘qi’ is the ancient and modern words, basically the same in the meaning, theory of traditional Chinese medicine in the process of building, use‘gas’ as a person life activities of the most important and the most basic concept, is the expression of human body life activities, the normal operation of the ‘gas’ and the spleen, stomach, lung, large intestine is closely related to the four viscera, is the most critical four viscera qi activity movement. The author thinks that the concept of‘qi’ in Chinese medicine theory, more embodies the concept of human body life activities of the gas. In the gas, the concept of evolution process, by the decision body water and breathing the breath of life, become the floorboard of the human body all life activities, so the author suggested in this paper theory of traditional Chinese medicine should use the word‘qi’,‘gas’ more can relfect the connotation of TCM theory of gas.