论太极范畴的自然哲学意蕴

太极是用来统一阴阳、五行观念的最高范畴,它既是自然的本体,又是自然的存在样式。自然本体是混沌与有序的统一体,太极既是本体混沌的样式,也是其有序的样式。太极内部的阴阳对立统一,既是自然事物解体走向混沌的原因,也是自然事物自组织发展转化为新事物的原因,因此太极是自然有序的源泉。太极既是具体自然事物开始,又是具体自然事物的终结,同时,又是具体自然事物的极至。

On Taiji in View of Natural Philosophy

Taiji, which is not only the nature noumenon but also the nature modality, is the tiptop category to unionize the idea of Yinyang and Wuxing. The nature noumenon is the entity of chaos and order. Taiji is the modality of both chaos and order of noumenon. The unity of opposites in Taiji not only disaggregates the nature into chaos, but also transforms nation into a new one, so Taiji is the source of keeping nature order. Taiji is both the beginning and the ending of concrete natural things. Meanwhile, Taiji is the summit of every concrete things as well.