从人类所能感知的自然界之水的物理、化学特性出发,探讨古代中医学家是如何通过对自然之水的认识来认识人体之水的,可以说中医传统理论对人体之水及人体"水家族"的认识是以对自然界之水的认识为根基的。人类对自然界之水的流动性、润湿性、溶解性及其用途等相关知识的体察,被中医学家成功地、隐喻或类比地用于人体生理功能、病理变化以及治疗的说明与解释,中医传统理论是一种隐喻的真。本文试图证明的是在中医理论中存在一个以水为始源域的中医概念隐喻认知系统,并将其勾勒出一个雏形。
How did ancient TCM physicians understand water in body through the cognition to water in nature was discussed in the paper from the physical and chemical nature of water in nature perceived by human.It can be said that the knowledge about water in body and water family recognized by TCM theory is on the basis of water in nature.Human's experience on the mobility,wettability,dissolubility and usages of water are successfully and metaphorically applied in the explanation of human physiological function,pathological changes and treatment.The theory of TCM is a kind of metaphorical true.The paper tried to prove that there is a metaphor cognition system of TCM concepts taking water as source domain in TCM theory,and a rudiment has been sketched out.