1·To do so, this thesis first etymologizes "Image", then studies its development of meaning: from original meaning "elephant" to divinatory symbols, then to imagination, as well as Image.
为此本文首先论述了“象”的语源含义，考察了其意义流变的过程：从最初的“大象”到卦象，再到想象、象征含义的出现。