对中医学阴阳内涵的反思

阴阳作为中医学应用最基础的哲学概念,在目前学界,多被解读为矛盾论或对立统一规律。但中医学的阴阳,有对立统一规律不能涵盖的内容。《黄帝内经》中的阴阳,在内涵上至少包含作为宇宙起源的天地阴阳之气、形而上的阴阳之理,以及被泛化使用的阴阳思维模型三方面的特质,对立统一规律,仅仅表达的是其第二层面的内涵。

Reflection on the connotation of yin and yang in TCM

Yin and yang, as the most fundamental philosophical concept in traditional Chinese medicine, is often interpreted as two opposite polar in contradictory theory or in the law of opposite unity. Yin and yang in TCM, however, has more profound meanings, which are absent in the theory of opposite unity. Connotation of yin and yang, in Huangdi' s Internal Classic ( Huangdi Neijing) , contains at least three levels of meanings. It refers to heaven qi and earth qi as the origin of the universe;metaphysical yin and yang;and an extrapolated thinking pattern. The law of opposite unity only expresses the connotation of the second level.