司空图“象外之象”的思维模式及方法论意义

SIKONG Tu's theory on"image out of images":thinking pattern and methodological significance

“象外之象”是司空图意境理论的核心范畴 ,它体现了司空图超越主客二分、心物二元的思维模式。“象外之象”的提出具有十分深刻的方法论意义 。

Image out of images'is the kernel category of SIKONG Tu's theory on artistic conception. It manifests SIKONG Tu's thinking pattern which goes beyond a dualism between subject and object as well as surpassing the binary opposition of the mind and the matter. It is argued that the theory on 'image out of images' he proposed has profound methodological significance and, to some extent, brings out the development trends of interpretation for artistic conception.