象形术考论

口述史的材料引发了武术界人士对象形术的关注,进而引起人们对中国武术象形现象的再度思考。中国武术门派繁多,但都带有一定程度的象形性,其以内家拳中的形意拳、八卦掌、太极拳为典型。中国武术的仿生对象涵盖多种生物和自然现象,并且与养生学、舞蹈、巫术有着紧密的血缘联系。武术师法自然的传统不仅可以体现中国古代人体仿生行为的独特性,还展示出人与自然的高度和谐性,具有反观自身、模仿自然、促进万物进化的潜在意义。

On the Pictography of Wushu

The material of oral history has aroused the attention in the Wushu community to pictography, and then caused people to rethink the phenomena of Chinese Wushu image. There are many schools of Chinese Wushu, but they all have a pictographic element which is typical in Xingyiquan, Baguaquan and Taijiquan in internal school boxing. The bionic object of Chinese Wushu covers a variety of creatures and natural phenomena and it has close blood ties with health preservation, dance and witchcraft. The tradition of learning from nature not only embodies the uniqueness of human bionic behavior in ancient China but also shows the harmony between human and nature, and it has the potential significance of reflecting oneself, imitating nature and promoting the evolution of all creatures.