张载“气本论”思想与量子场论的比较研究

A Comparative Study of Zhang Zai’s Thought of “Ontology of Qi” and Quantum Field Theory

张载的“元气本体论”思想弥补了儒学在本体论和认识论方面的不足,在世界本原问题上突破了传统的抽象认识,提出了“气本论”这一具有唯物主义性质的观点。同时他提出“太虚即气”的宇宙观,论述了“太虚”“太和”“太极”三者之间的关系,建立了唯物主义辨证认识体系。而从现代物理学视角看,张载的“气本论”思想与量子场论在逻辑上有诸多联系,而概念框架又有所差异。本文旨在通过对比二者的核心理论,来论证张载“元气本体论”的先导性,以及其对量子场论的启示意义。

Zhang Zai’s thought of ‘‘Promordial Qi Ontology’’ makes up for the deficiency of Confucianism in ontology and epistemology, breaks through the traditional abstract understanding on the origin of the world, and puts forward the materialistic viewpoint of ‘‘Ontology of Qi’’. At the same time, he put forward the cosmology of ‘‘Taixu is Qi’’, discussed the relationship among ‘‘Taixu’’, ‘‘Taihe’’ and ‘‘Taiji’’, and established a materialist dialectical understanding system. From the perspective of modern physics, there are many logical connections between Zhang Zai’s ‘‘Ontology of Qi’’ and Quantum Field Theory, but the conceptual framework is different. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the pioneering nature of Zhang Zai’s ‘‘Promordial Qi Ontology’’ and its enlightenment significance to Quantum Field Theory by comparing the core theories of the two.