语言对事物的陈述是概念的和线性方式的。图形对事物的陈述和再现不再是概念的而是形象的和直观的,不再是线性方式的而是平面或空间方式的,而且相当多的平面图形予人以空间的错觉。两者相比,图形的真实性、直观性、吸引力和感染力,以及超越文字族群的局限方面都有明显的优势。在古代,由 Statements of things by the language are conceptual and linear. Graphic statements and representations of things are no longer conceptual but visual and intuitive. They are no longer linear but planar or spatial, and a considerable number of graphic representations give the illusion of space. Compared with the two, graphics have obvious advantages in the aspects of authenticity, intuition, attraction and contagion as well as the limitation of literary group. In ancient times, by