世界文明中的水文化与水符号及其象征  

The Study of the Water and Its Symbol in the East-West Simple Worldview and the Religious Semiotics

作　　者：周丰 姜鑫玉[1] 

机构地区：[1]东华大学机械工程学院

出　　处：《创意与设计》2021年第4期64-70,共7页Creation and Design

基　　金：国家社科基金冷门“绝学”和国别史等研究专项项目(19VJX160)。

摘　　要：在悠久的世界文明史发展中,无论是在东西方早期朴素的世界观,还是在世界各大主要宗教中,“水”都是其中最重要的符号之一,具有特殊的象征意义。本文以水的图像及符号为切入点,介绍了代表欧洲的古希腊哲学及东方的印度、中国早期朴素世界观中的“水”,以及世界各主要宗教中符号之水及其象征含义。在古文明中,普遍认为水是构成世界的重要元素,在世界各大主要宗教中,“水”是涤清罪恶,净化心灵,兼具有治愈功效的符号。在水资源日益被人们重视的今天,研究东西方朴素世界观和宗教对符号之水的理解,对于探索人类对水的认知有重要意义。In the long history of world civilization,whether it is in the plain world view of the early time in the East and West or in the world's major religions’view,the“water”is always one of the most important semiotics due to its special meaning.This paper starts from the image and the semiotics of the water,and then introduces both the ancient Greek philosophy which can on behalf of the European philosophy and the plain world view of water in China and India.Moreover,it explains the meaning of the water in the world's major religions.In ancient civilization,water is generally considered the important elements of the world;and in the world's major religions,water is the semiotics that can clear the sin,purificate the mind and heal the soul.Today,the water resources is being increasingly valued,doing the research of the understanding of water in the East-West simple worldview and the religious can help the human to explore the cognition of water.

关 键 词：世界文明 世界观 宗教 符号之水 象征 

分 类 号：J505[艺术—艺术设计] K12[历史地理—历史学]