基于隐喻认知的中医五行学说研究述评

A Review of Studying on the Five Elements Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on Metaphorical Cognition

五行学说是一个建构型隐喻系统。目前隐喻视角下的五行学说研究,主要集中在五行的隐喻认知、隐喻类型、隐喻认知系统的构建等方面。本文通过对以上内容进行系统梳理和分析后,指出了目前五行学说研究存在的问题,并在此基础上提出:在认知科学背景下,从中医学、认知语言学、认知心理学、认知神经科学的立场对五行学说进行多视角多层面的研究,特别是进行相关理论的实证研究,如应用行为学、事件相关电位的研究方法,论证五行理论中五音五色的配属关系,或发现五音与五色新的对应关系。

Five elements theory is a constructive metaphorical system. Now, from the perspective of metaphor, studying on the five elements theory mainly focuses on the metaphorical cognitive thinking, metaphor cognitive type, metaphor cognitive system and so on, which has obtained certain research results. After systematically combing and analyzing the above contents, this paper points out the existing problems, and puts forward some suggestions on this basis： in the context of metaphorical cognition, we should focus on the study of the five elements theory from the standpoint of TCM,cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, especially the empirical study of relevant theories.Such as using the behavioral studies, Event-related potential to demonstrate the relationship between the five-tone and five-color, or exploring the new relationship.