Let's talk about the imitation theory founded by Fan Xiaoge. After all, Fan Xiaoge is a painter and a master of calligraphy. Then the simulacra theory he created was put forward according to the unique viewpoint of calligraphy and painting, that is, the so-called transformation was carried out on the basis of reference, and the word "image" here can be understood as reference.
The images in Zhouyi are more extensive. According to the examples of images in Yi Zhuan, there are probably the following:
First describe a phenomenon close to the truth, which can be a social phenomenon or a natural phenomenon. This situation is mainly based on observation, which is in line with the facts and has a basis.
Second, it means imitation and imitation. "changeable, like also;" Like is like, like is like "is the cohesion of the sentence. The image here is the same as the word like, which we can understand as similarity and then imitate or imitate. The word "image" in this state should have the same meaning as the image referred to by Fan Xiaoge in the theory of quasi-image.
Third, it is symbolic. For example, making some kind of musical instrument to symbolize one thing. In fact, this aspect is still a bit mysterious, at least it is an extended meaning.
Zhouyi itself is a book similar to speculative reasoning, which is mainly used for divination, which is what modern people call divination. In many things, the things it describes are not particularly clean, and most of them are ambiguous. It is precisely because of this ambiguity that the post-world continues to pursue research.