甲骨文、金文、古代墓室和日晷、博弈棋局等文物中普遍存在的"亞"字形图形在原始文化中的具体含义,一直是个众说纷纭的问题。在史前文明中,人们从太阳观测中得出"亞"字形观念以及"亞"字形由对大地之形的描述上升到精神性形式母题的过程,透视出古代中国人特有的宇宙观和思维模式。而"亞"字形和古代礼制、"亞"字形变迁与中国古代社会变革之间的关系也正是这种宇宙观念和思维模式发展的具体体现,其中蕴涵着中华文明的独特品格。"亞"字形在不同文化中的变异,为我们提供了一条探索各文化之间联系的可能性线索。而"亞"字形最终堙没在东方文明里,却成为西方文明的神性象征,从中可以总结出中西文化的差异。

What is the assured meaning of the "亞" shape graphics in the Chinese primordial culture which often appears in some cultural relics such as relic bone inscription,Jinwen characters ancient graves,sundials,chessboards and so on ? Scholars have no unitive cognition on this problem in prehistoric civilzation.This treatise discusses how the ancients who lived in prehistorical culture elicited the concept of "亞" shape,and how the "亞" shape concept rose from the depiction of the shape of terra firma to a kind of psychic motif,from this discussion,the author summarized the unique universe view and ideology mode of ancient Chinese.The relation between the "亞" shape concept and the ancient proprieties system、the change of "亞" shape and the transforming of Chinese ancient society just is the concrete embodiment of the development of this universe view and ideology mode,among them contained the particular character of Chinese culture.The variations of the "亞" shape in different cultures offered us a possible clue to explore the contact among various cultures.The"亞" shape finally disappeared in eastern culture while became a kind of deiform symbol in western culture,we can generalize some differences between eastern and western cultures from this phenomenon.