A Study Of Analogical Thinking In "The Book Of Changes"

In the process of continuous exploration of Zhou Yi(????the Book of Changes)thinking by the academic circles,the"analogy"thinking as the dominant type of the Zhou yi(????the Book of Changes)inference is gradually established.The"analogy"is based on the"analogue" as the main principle,and the"analogue" as a way of thinking that is universally connected between things,has a significant role and significance for the ancients to understand the world.In Yi Zhuan(????The Book of Changes Annotation),with the expansion of the scope of the"analogue"concept,and on this basis,the relationship between all things about the world is formed.Therefore,the inference of the'analogy"thinking formed in Zhou Yi(??))the Book of Changes)is also quite flexible,and its inference applicability is not limited.Before the formation of Yi Zhuan(????The Book of Changes Annotation),the concept of"analogue"has gradually changed from"sacrificial name".?"good"to,race",and the thinking mode of Zhou Yi(????the Book of Changes)directly expanded the scope of"analogue"concept to the world all things.Existence is included in the category of easy learning,and then changes from 8 Gua(?? Eight Diagrams)to 64 Gua(????Sixty Diagrams)making the more specific personnel into the category of analogue.In thinking mode of Zhou Yi(????the Book of Changes),the concept of”analogue" has a unique form of expression,that is,the classification of the world through the combination of Xiang(? Semblance),Shu(?numbers)and Gua Yao(?? Trigrams and Component Lines)and Gua Tuxiang(images and semblance ???).At the same time,the concept of"analogue"in thethe thinking mode of Zhou Yi(????the Book of Changes)will enrich the concept of class in the contemporary Mo Zi(????Mo Tzu),which can be reflected in two aspects:on the one hand,distinguish the difference between the one thing and the other;on the other hand,Seeking common ground while reserving differences.The structure of analogical thinking is based on the classification of things,based on the induction of the premise of"Gu"(?)to form a preliminary judgment on things,to infer the conclusion we called"Zhao"(?)The inference principle is"the Tao of Three-element(Nature,Earth and Human Being)in deep harmony 1”.And The evaluation of analogical thinking is the concept of"Effectivity",not the formal perfection called"Validity"of the inference process.Analogy thinking can't be regarded as a scientific method in the sense of Western logic,but more as an inference from the perspective of human relations,which is important to the inference of the premise and the cognition of the"analogue"concept according to the inference.The analogy of thinking mode of Zhou Yi(???the Book of Changes)through the induction and inference of"Xiang(?Semblance&Image)"and then the formation for the "Yi(?ldeas)"pursuit.For the argumentation of analogy thinking,it can be elaborated from two aspects.The arguments of Image-numberologyi(???)and the arguments of Meanings and Principles(???).The image-numberologyi(???)represented by Yu Fan is easy to provide a new interpretation of analogy by the perfection of the"Xiang(? Semblance&Image)”and the perfection of the stylistic rules and layout,and then achieve a new argument for the scriptures.Meanings and Principles(???),represented by Wang Bi,can better understand the scriptures and essays through the suppression of the"Xiang(? Semblance&Image)"and the renewal of the Meanings(?)style.It is another manifestation of argument to the analogy.