A Study On The Concept Of Time In Yin And Zhou Dynasties

This paper firstly discusses the Western philosophy since ancient Greece until the mid-range of issues for the time thinking, addressed to Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Bergson, Heidegger, Marx and other human representative time Three basic paradigms concept; Then,turn to the ancient Chinese concept of time overview, first ancient Chinese social life of the concept of time-related characteristics were discussed, followed by the ancient Chinese philosophy of time thinking of the sort, mainly discusses Confucius, Chuang Tzu and Taoism represented by the concept of time. As a theoretical basis, based on the information handed down calendar and Oracle, inscriptions unearthed documents, using a combination of methods frequency statistics, semiotic analysis, the duration of the Yin calendar, calendar date, calendar systems and inscriptions in time Category word for a more detailed investigation and analysis, but also on the correct calendar Zhou, Tugui measurement techniques and inscriptions in the "first guitar, both born tyrants, both hope, is dead tyrants" and other words for a more innovative time analysis interpretation, and finally by the "Zhou Yi" is based on two characteristics were compared. Ultimately concluded:Yin and Zhou represent the two basic forms of ancient Chinese concept of time, Yin time is based on the ghost worship to reflect their sense of time, the death would be to put the future of the Among hope, is a full time experience randomness, Zhou is different, the time is entirely built on the basis of people, so it showed a fear of death, but also accompanied by a strong desire to control The concept of time, generally, one is biased in favor of the natural time, human kind is focused on time.