LANGUAGE AND THE TAO: SOME REFLECTIONS ON INEFFABILITY

Confucius withdrew and told his disciples, "I know a bird can fly; I know a fish can swim; I know animals can run. Creatures that run can be caught in nets; those that swim can be caught in wicker traps; those that fly can be hit by arrows. But the dragon is beyond my knowledge; it ascends into heaven on the clouds and the wind. Today 1 have seen Lao Tzu, and he is like the dragon!"     

NAMING THE UNNAMEABLE: THE BEING OF THE TAO

The Tao Te Ching begins enigmatically with the following lines:
The Tao that can be told of is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name.     

陶渊明无弦琴意蕴易学新解

陶渊明的"无弦琴"不仅表达了玄学本体之"无"的意趣,而且也表达了对"有"的特殊作用的重视.这种求本而不舍末的哲学观念的人生实践,体现了典型的中国传统文化的人间性、现世性特点.<周易>借重事象以明吉凶易理的文化传统是其重要影响源头之一.