在中国的传统思维中 ,“比”是一个相当重要的方式 ,这是由中国人对语言局限性的认识决定的。由这种认识 ,中国的传统思维以不舍“象”为特色 ,注重形象思维 ,在概念的运用上也有极其鲜明的比附特色 ,这直接影响了中国古代美学范畴的产生。因此 ,中国传统美学范畴具有不同于西方范畴的独特风范 ,那就是它的形象性和直观性、多义性和隐喻性 ,及与此相连的不确指性 In the traditional Chinese thinking, “比” is a very important way, which is determined by the Chinese people’s understanding of the limitations of language. From this understanding, the traditional Chinese thinking takes the “elephant” as the characteristic, pays attention to the image thinking and also has the extremely vivid connotations in the application of the concept, which directly affects the emergence of the categories of ancient Chinese aesthetics. Therefore, the category of traditional Chinese aesthetics has a unique style different from that of the western category, namely its image and intuition, its ambiguity and metaphor, and the indefiniteness associated with it