关于“气”的几点浅见

Some opinions on ‘qi’

气论是中华传统学术的核心理论,“以时为正”的观念是气论产生的关键。文章对形气关系进行探析,认为物有形,气无形,气与形构建万物,并且气物交融而生象,象介乎无形和有形之间。基于此,提出了人类认识世界的3条路径:有形物质世界的认识,无形之气的认识,对事物“象”层面的认识。文章还对气论与物理学量子力学的关系进行了思考,认为量子力学归根结柢属于物质科学,与同心念相通的气学属于两个本质不同的门类。

Qi theory is the core theory of Chinese traditional academic. The concept of ‘taking time as the right’ is the key to the emergence of qi theory. This paper analyzes the relationship between form and qi, and holds that things are tangible and qi is invisible. Qi and form construct all things, and qi and matter blend to produce images, which are between intangible and tangible. Based on this, it puts forward three ways for human beings to understand the world: the understanding of the tangible material world, the understanding of the invisible gas and the understanding of the ‘image’ level of things. This paper also considers the relationship between qi theory and quantum mechanics of physics based on the relationship between form and qi. It is considered that quantum mechanics belongs to material science in the final analysis, and qi, which is connected with concentric ideas, belongs to two essentially different categories.