CAJ | 학술논문

所谓象思维，是指产生于阴阳五行理论和象数易学，以元气、阴阳、五行和卦象等为基本思维要素，具有一定推演规则．并通过对诸思维要素的推演来建构多种象模型，进一步用这些象模型来解释并把握宇宙、社会和人生的一种思维方式。象思维的逻辑过程分为三个步骤：观物取象、象有其理、以象释物。象思维促成中国古代自然哲学和自然科学领域产生了大量象模型理论。但在以近代科学思维方法为参照的前提下，象思维显示出四种局限性特征：玄思性特征、感性化特征、普适性特征以及封闭性特征。由于这些局限性特征，导致象思维固然能够建构庞大的象模型理论，但并不能促成近代意义上的科学革命在中国产生。
소위상사유，시지산생우음양오행이론화상수역학，이원기、음양、오행화괘상등위기본사유요소，구유일정추연규칙．병통과대제사유요소적추연래건구다충상모형，진일보용저사상모형래해석병파악우주、사회화인생적일충사유방식。상사유적라집과정분위삼개보취：관물취상、상유기리、이상석물。상사유촉성중국고대자연철학화자연과학영역산생료대량상모형이론。단재이근대과학사유방법위삼조적전제하，상사유현시출사충국한성특정：현사성특정、감성화특정、보괄성특정이급봉폐성특정。유우저사국한성특정，도치상사유고연능구건구방대적상모형이론，단병불능촉성근대의의상적과학혁명재중국산생。
The image-oriented thinking here refers to the variety of image models resulted from yin-yang and Five-element theory andimage-numerology of the Changes, which takes the prim.ary Qi （ vital force） , yin and yang, five agents, and images of the trigrams asbasic elements and possesses certain regularities of inference, and further applies these image models to the explanations and masteringof cosmology, society, and human life. The logical process of the imageoriented thinking can be divided into three steps ： taking images by observing things, exposing principles conceived in the images, and accounting for things by images. But when comparing theimage-oriented thinking with modern scientific thinking, the former shows four characteristics of limitations： mystery, sensibility, correlativity, and closure, on account of which though image-oriented thinking can give rise to theories of a huge all-inclusive image model it cannot lead to scientific revolutions in modem sense in China.