Analogy by Image / Qu Xiang Bi Lei
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
A method that does not open the black box (the human body), but instead observes external phenomena (images) and analogizes them with natural phenomena to infer internal mechanisms. For example, 'wind is good at moving and changing'—observing the wind in nature (formless, fast-moving) leads to the inference that wandering pain in the body is 'wind evil'.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Meta-model construction. This is the underlying operating system of Chinese medicine. Do not try to memorize anatomy; instead, understand it with 'poetic physics'. When seeing symptoms, first ask: 'What kind of weather in nature does this resemble?'
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Analogy by image is analogical reasoning: taking the externally observable 'images' of things, comparing them with known natural phenomena, and inferring their internal attributes or mechanisms. It maps an unknown system onto a structured known system, using similarity rather than reductionist analysis to understand the black box.
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