一、中国美学中之“象”与西方美学中之“形”在中国美学中,道家较早提及“象”这一范畴。老子二十一章中点明了道、象、物三者的关系,“道之为物,惟恍惟惚。惚兮恍兮,其中有象;恍兮惚兮,其中有物。窈兮冥兮,其中有精,其精其真,其中有信。”[1]“象”是道与物之间的桥梁,它生于 I. The “Image” in Chinese Aesthetics and the “Shape” in Western Aesthetics In the Chinese aesthetics, Taoists mentioned the category of “image” earlier. In chapter twenty-one of the chapter, Lao Tzu explained the relationship between the Tao, the elephant and the three things. “The Tao is a thing, but it is a trance, but there is something like a trance; Come, there is fine, its essence, of which there is a letter. ”[1]“ Like ”is a bridge between the Tao, it was born