象喻 meaning in English

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To master the connotations of the imagery metaphors become an indispensable step for understanding the implications in these classics and the correlations between them
破解其中的象喻是探得这些经典文献的理蕴以及相互之间的内在联系所必须的。
The application of a great number of images and imagery metaphors in yi jing and documents of the daoist school stresses not only the figure of speech but also a kind of thinking mode
摘要物象、象喻在《易经》和道家文献中的大量运用，不仅表现为一种修辞手段，而更表现为一种思维方式。