碩士 / 嶺東科技大學 / 視覺傳達設計研究所 / 101 / Shan Hai Jing is a classical and strange work which depicts the ancient Chinese culture. The full text has less than thirty thousand words, but the content of the work is overarching. Shan Hai Jing includes over three thousand drawings. Although the work has been described as “the muse of Eastern mythology” and “the original work of Chinese history,” the authenticity of the book is still questioned by several scholars. Yet, after I closely explore, I find the content of the work is not fully fabricated. The ancient animals in Shan Hai Jing have the trait of mutual promotion and restraint among one and the other. Furthermore, mutual promotion and restraint can relate to the Chinese traditional ideology—the concept of “yin and yang.” Therefore, I begin to do the research and draw the imaginary creation in Shan Hai Jing.
The thesis will focus on researching the ancient creatures which have the “relativity” (the opposing position) in Shan Hai Jing. I will apply historical approach, content analysis and text analysis to expound the connotation and extend the value of the research in Shan Hai Jing.” Yin and yang is a flowing performance. It circulates continuously and never stops, like a literal circle. In yin and yang, you cannot find when and where it begins and ends. Yin and yang is well-rounded and flawless. Hence, I sort the ancient creatures which contents “relativity” into pairs through category, symbolization, color and shape. Finally I sift several pairs of the animals which match the idea of mutual promotion and restraint and further develop different a series of creation.
By the research, Shan Hai Jing is not only a fantasy, but also a history. In order to comprehend forerunners’ fantasy toward the ancient world, I have to dig into the history. I can understand why those ancient creatures amaze forerunners only if I observe the Eastern concept of yin and yang. Yin and yang is a cultural belief to the Eastern. The binary of yin and yang is interactive and complementary to each other, like a circulation. Yin and yang do not make an opposition but intend to be communed, such as, dealing people with diplomacy and managing things with careful consideration. This kind of significance of the “circle” is the exclusive to the Eastern. Moreover, a pair symbolizes luck and perfection. I stick to the motif of “relativity” and “circle” (which means perfection) in order to depict the profound of the Eastern culture and offer a diverse perspective. I reinterpret and reorganize the ancient world by re-portraying the ancient creatures in Shan Hai Jing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/101LTC00634009 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Yu-Shu Lin, 林郁書 |
| Contributors | Ding-Xian Yang, 楊鼎献 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 125 |
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