You are absolutely right.
Because the Chinese translation of metaphysics "metaphysics" is based on the phrase "metaphysics is called the Tao, metaphysics is called the tool" in the "Book of Changes", and was translated by the Japanese (Meiji period) Inoue Tetsujiro metaphysics . At that time, Yan Fu resisted this translation and created his own "metaphysics", but it was not accepted, so it was translated into Chinese as metaphysics.
In other words, "metaphysics" is the Chinese translation of the Western "first philosophy".
It seems that the emergence of this naming method is a coincidence. But our country’s understanding of “metaphysics” is: form and metaphysics.
It is a specific study of existence starting from the process of human knowledge and action. Metaphysical concreteness is even included in the expression "metaphysics." After Mr. Yang Guorong analyzed the meaning of metaphysics from the word meaning, it seems that it logically implies the possibility of forming a certain boundary with the empirical world, and "metaphysical" is not separated from "form". The inner meanings of the two seem to be different. The Chinese translation of metaphysics in "The Dimension of Existence" is inappropriate. Julien, a contemporary French sinologist and philosopher, said: The function word "er" cleverly expresses that "metaphysics" is inseparable from "form" ("The Image of Endogenesis" . Wang Chuanshan pointed out: "Metaphysical" does not mean the intangible. After the form, there is the metaphysical. "Cuanshan Quanshu 1_16"
So, oracle bone inscriptions are the earliest and most complete writing system among the ancient writings discovered in China. "Yin Qi" is a text engraved on tortoise shells and animal bones during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. It is the only known Chinese document in China's Shang Dynasty and early Western Zhou Dynasty (about 16th to 10th centuries BC) that uses tortoise shells and animal bones as carriers. The earliest form. (1) In terms of character structure, some pictographic characters only focus on highlighting the characteristics of the object, but the number of strokes and the forward and reverse directions are not uniform. It is not required to be fixed. Therefore, there are many different characters in oracle bone inscriptions, and some characters can have more than ten or even dozens of ways of writing. (3) The shape of oracle bone inscriptions is often determined by the traditional or simplified version of the object represented. The characters can occupy several positions, and can be long or short. (4) Because the characters are carved on harder animal bones, the strokes are thinner, and most of the oracle bone inscriptions are carved with a knife. The knives are sharp or blunt, and the bones are thin or thick, hard or soft, so the strokes carved out are of different thicknesses, some are even as thin as hair, and the joints of the strokes are peeled off, making the structure thick and thick. The length and size of the oracle bone inscriptions are not certain, they may be sparse and intricate, or they may be densely packed and very solemn, so they can show the infinite interest of simplicity and variety. It has a symmetrical and stable pattern. Therefore, some people believe that Chinese calligraphy strictly began with oracle bone inscriptions, because oracle bone inscriptions already have the three elements of calligraphy, namely the use of pens, knotting, and composition.
In the early stages of development, they were all ideograms (hieroglyphs) in the form of pictures. In the later stages of development, except for Chinese characters, they became phonetic characters that recorded speech. Systematic language became an important tool for the separation of humans and animals, and writing enabled humans to enter history. Recorded civilized society. Written language breaks through the limitations of time and space, allowing human beings to completely inherit human wisdom and spiritual wealth on the basis of written language, allowing human beings to improve their education system, improve their own wisdom, develop science and technology, and enter Civilized society.
Therefore, metaphysics
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——Ancient Chinese metaphysics.