The term"image/imagery"can be translated into"xingxiang"or"yixiang"in Chinese.The term"xingxiang"stems from the art of painting,originally referring to the morphology of people or things,so its essence is the imitation of the image of a man or a thing,which contains the unity of sub-jects and objects.From the art of painting,the concept"xingxiang"extends to other forms of art and forms the concepts of"xingshen","xingge"and"dianxing".As an easily confused term with"xing-xiang",the concept"yixiang"highlights the expression of"yi"and the reproduction of"xiang".It can promote the common sense of aesthetic subjects and stimulate their imagination,so as to directly present or contain the unspeakable aesthetic artistic conception in literary and artistic works.As a theoretical term of literary and artistic criticism,the term"xingxiang"is used for criticism of visual or narrative literary and artistic works,while the concept"yixiang"is used for criticism of lyrical literary and artistic works.
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