“立象尽意”:商周青铜器的设计智慧

"Establishing Image to Fully Express Idea":the Design Wisdom of Bronze Ware in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties

“立象尽意”是中国传统设计美学中的重要概念,是商周青铜器设计中的重要思想,蕴含了古人的设计智慧。“立象尽意”之“象”源于卦象,却可以比类万物,寓意深远。本文在对中国古文献进行研究梳理的基础上,对“立象尽意”的思想内涵进行了解读和阐释;并从器物研究的角度,对商周青铜器设计的“象”与“意”的具体内容进行了分析。通过对商周青铜器的造型之“象”和纹饰“象”的分析,可以窥见其背后的政治制度和宗教信仰,以了解器物设计中蕴藏的礼制等级观念,以及先民意识中的吉祥思想。

"Establishing xiang to fully express idea" is an important concept in the Chinese traditional design aesthetics,and an important thought of bronze ware design in the shang and Zhou dynasties,and it contains the infinite design wisdom of the ancients.The "xiang" of "establishing xiang to fully express idea" originates from the hexagram,but it can be compared to all things and has far-reaching implications.On the basis of researching and sorting out ancient literature,the ideological connotation of "establishing xiang to fully express idea" is interpreted and explained;and from the perspective of utensil research,the specific "image" and "meaning" of bronze ware design in the shang and Zhou dynasties are analyzed and explained.Through the analysis of the "image" in the shape and decoration of the bronze ware in the shang and Zhou dynasties,one can glimpse the political system and religious belief behind it,and perceive the concept of ritual hierarchy behind the design of the utensils and the thought of lucky in the consciousness of the ancestors.