Abstract:From the perspective of hermeneutics, the meaning of “the images of symbols” in The Book of Changes can be understood and interpreted by observers from different angles and levels including various needs and purposes. Laozi’s “image of imagination” highlights the recipient’s initiative and provides philosophical resource for later multi-understanding of aesthetic images. Confucian “image of personality” and its way of likening things in nature to human spirits helped to shape “the poetic theory of Mei Ci (interpreting images in poetry with corresponding political ideals and ethical values)”. The specific image of context in poetry requires the recipient to achieve balance between freedom and restriction in his understanding and interpretation.
李有光. 悬象见义:古典诗歌意象的解释学旨归[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2016, 33(4): 112-117.
LI You-guang. Expression of Meaning with Images: Hermeneutic Objective of the Images of Chinese Classical Poetry. , 2016, 33(4): 112-117.