本文系统考察了元素概念产生、演化和发展的四个阶段,从科学史和认识论的角度阐明了科学概念发展进化的规律和特点,也从一个侧面反映了化学思想发展的脉络。并进一步指出,新旧观念的矛盾运动是驱动自然科学不断进步的内部动力。只有坚持辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义立场,才能正确认识人类思维方式的变革。 This paper systematically examines the four stages of the emergence, evolution and development of the concept of elements, clarifies the laws and characteristics of the evolution of scientific concepts from the perspective of the history of science and epistemology, and also reflects the context of the development of chemical thoughts from one aspect. And further pointed out that the contradictory movement of old and new ideas is the internal driving force that drives the progress of natural science. Only by adhering to dialectical materialism and historical materialism can we correctly understand the changes in human thinking.