“意象”范畴现代嬗变新探--兼论与“意境”的理论纠葛及其现代建构

A Probe into the Modem Evolution of the Conceptualization of“Image”and Its Interaction with“Artistic Conception”

“意象”范畴的现代嬗变,以往认为主要受西方意象派范畴的影响,而意象派范畴又先于此受到中国传统意象思维或范畴的影响,这种看法有悖实际。事实上,在此之前,“意象”就以格义的方式开启了与西学的对接,这一过程才是“意象”范畴现代嬗变的关键,意象派范畴的影响只是这一大河中汇入的一条支流。同时,由于“意象”的现代建构又不可避免地牵涉到与其极相近的“意境”概念,从而造成了二者长期以来的理论糾葛。厘清这一点,不仅可以清晰地见出传统“意象”“意境”概念如何在西学渗入下裂变的整个过程,而且对于认识二者理论现代建构的得失以及当下的理论重构来说,均不无可资借鉴之处。

The prevailing belief concerning the conceptualization of “image(yixiang)”has been that the modem evolution of image in China was primarily informed by the Western idea of imagism whereas the latter was in turn inspired by Chinese traditional thought or categorization of image.This paper tries to argue to the contrary.The translation of the Western learning into China initiated the encounter with the traditional Chinese notion of“image”,and the process of translation is key to the modem evolution of“image,”with the influence of the Imagism being one of the tributaries.In the meantime,the modem construction of“image”inevitably involves a similar concept of the“artistic conception(yijing),”which resulted in their longstanding entanglement.A clarification of their relation may not only help to reveal the process in which the traditional concepts of “image”and“artistic conception”were transformed with the introduction of Western concepts but also provide reference for us to understand the gains and losses in the modem construction of the two concepts and the current theoretical reconstruction.