基于中医象思维探析商周青铜器及玉器的蝉纹内涵

Analysis of the Connotation of Cicada Patterns on Bronzes and Jades of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties Based on Xiang Thinking of Traditional Chinese Medicine

中医象思维通过类比、象征等手段来把握、认知人体与世界,具有一定的直观性、抽象性,它渗透于整个中医学甚至中国传统文化体系之中。蝉纹是商周时期青铜器及玉器上常见的一种纹饰,因其造型多变、种类丰富、分布范围广泛,得到了国内外学界的关注。在阐释中医象思维内涵及梳理蝉纹研究现状的基础上,从重生循环的生命观、多生多育的生育思想,以及饮食清洁意识三方面探析商周青铜器及玉器之上的蝉纹所蕴含的医学内涵,以期呈现文物背后的医学文化,丰富医学史的研究内容。

The Xiang(“象”Resemblance)Thinking of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)grasps and recognizes human and the world through analogies and symbolization,with a certain degree of intuition and abstraction,which permeates the entire TCM domain and even the traditional Chinese cultural system.Cicada pattern is a common decoration pattern on bronze and jade during the Shang and Zhou dynasties,and has received attention from various academic circles at home and abroad due to its diversity in designs,abundance in types,and width in distribution.On the basis of elucidating the connotation of TCM’s Xiang thinking and sorting current researches on cicada patterns,this article analyzed the medical connotation conveyed by cicada patterns on bronze and jade artifacts of the Shang and Zhou dynasties,specifically involving the life view of rebirth cycle,the generation thought of multiple births and childbearing,and the awareness of clean drinking and eating,thus to reveal the medical culture embodied in relics and enrich the researches on medical history.