The Tempo- Spa t ia l View Ref lected in the Symbols of 45794 Heaven ly Stem s and Earthly Branches 34372 Z hou R ong 10276 (Department of Journal, No rthw est No rmalU niversity, L anzhou, 730000, Ch ina) 17281 Abstract: The heaven ly stem s and earth ly b ranches are sym bo ls in the t radit ional Ch inese cal2
endar and have been endow ed w ith m yst ic co lo rs in the developm en t of Ch ina’s h isto ry. It s 17641 ex istence is accoun ted fo r by the understanding of the natu re of t im e and space: they are syn2 36860 onymou s to the tempo- spat ial view of relat ivity in modern physics, being a dynam ic coo rdi2
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nate in t im e and space. W h ile t im e and space are two impo rtan t lingu ist ic elem en t s in de2 scrib ing ob ject ive en t it ies of the un iverse, in the eyes of the Ch inese they are clo sely related w ith the concep t s of yin, yang, and the f ive elem en t s and the understanding of the un ity be2
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tw een heaven and m an. Such agreem en t betw een the stem s and b ranches and the modern 40068 physics is wo rth con sidering. Key words: sym bo ls of heaven ly stem s and earth ly b ranches; tempo- spat ial view; un ity be2
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tw een heaven and m an 作者简介: 周蓉(19642) , 女, 陕西西安人, 编辑, 文学硕士, 从事中国古代文学研究.