{"id":6350,"date":"2025-07-20T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:58:47","slug":"oriental-health-aesthetics-the-time-of-professor-qiu-zhengluns-explanation-of-the-book-of-changes32%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=6350","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Health Aesthetics: The Time of Professor Qiu Zhenglun&#8217;s Explanation of the Book of Changes(32\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video playsinline class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6350-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720121355604.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720121355604.mp4\">https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720121355604.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How are form (\u5f62 x\u00edng) and image (\u8c61 xi\u00e0ng) formed? Today, we casually speak of &#8220;artistic images,&#8221; don\u2019t we? For a nation, we discuss its national image; for a city, its urban image; for a company, its corporate image; for an individual, their personal image; for artworks, their artistic imagery; for calligraphy, the imagery of brush and ink. But what, then, is form? What is image? What is this &#8220;form-image&#8221; (x\u00edngxi\u00e0ng)? This is precisely what we must explore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All too often today, those engaged in aesthetic theory or literary theory hastily turn to Western frameworks\u2014borrowing definitions from their theories of art, literature, and aesthetics\u2014and even memorizing their concepts. This rush is, frankly, concerning. In reality, the earliest, deepest, and most precise discourse on &#8220;form-image&#8221; lies within our own I Ching (Book of Changes), specifically in its Xici Zhuan (Great Treatise). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Consider the phrase: &#8220;In heaven, images take shape&#8221; (z\u00e0i ti\u0101n ch\u00e9ng xi\u00e0ng). Are not the phenomena of heaven precisely what we call &#8220;images&#8221;? Think about it: celestial phenomena (ti\u0101nxi\u00e0ng), cloud formations (y\u00fanxi\u00e0ng), star patterns (x\u012bngxi\u00e0ng), weather phenomena (q\u00ecxi\u00e0ng)\u2014do we ever speak of &#8220;heavenly forms&#8221; (ti\u0101nx\u00edng)? Do we say, &#8220;The heavenly form is pleasant today&#8221;? No. Why then do we speak of &#8220;heavenly images&#8221;? Because &#8220;image&#8221; (xi\u00e0ng) itself represents an energy\u2014a cluster or flow of energy. Notice this? Hence, &#8220;The celestial dynamism is vigorous; thus the noble person strives unceasingly.&#8221; The noble one\u2019s life-energy is ceaseless, ever-active. Is this energy vague? Chaotic? Elusive? Can it be grasped in one\u2019s hand? Truly, it cannot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Conversely, &#8220;On earth, forms manifest&#8221; (z\u00e0i d\u00ec ch\u00e9ng x\u00edng). All terrestrial things, no matter how vast, are described in terms of &#8220;form&#8221;\u2014including the earth itself (d\u00ecx\u00edng, terrain). Even as small as a flower petal\u2014&#8221;Ah, the form of this petal is so delicate, so crystalline, translucent like crystal, exquisite as a diamond&#8221;\u2014isn\u2019t this how we describe it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thus, &#8220;change becomes visible.&#8221; Change reveals itself precisely within this interplay. What does it reveal? That all phenomena attain &#8220;form-image&#8221; only through human engagement. I interpret it this way: it is through our participation that &#8220;form-image&#8221; comes into being. Therefore, &#8220;form-image&#8221; is created by humans\u2014crafted by calligraphers, painters, writers, and literati. It is a product of human culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So what is &#8220;culture&#8221; (w\u00e9nhu\u00e0)? Many equate it merely with knowledge\u2014but this is far too simplistic, even reductive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><div class=\"floating-menu float-menu-1 notranslate\"><ul class=\"fm-bar\"><li class=\"fm-item-1-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/recommend.php\" target=\"_self\" ><div class=\"fm-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-youtube \"><\/i><\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are form (\u5f62 x\u00edng) and image (\u8c61 xi\u00e0ng) formed? 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