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Heavenly Phenomena
天空中呈現的各種“象”。“象”用以指稱可見而不具形體的物象。古人認為，天空中的日月星辰、風雨雷電等都不是有形之物。因此，日月星辰的運行、風雨雷電的施降所呈現出的物象即被稱為“天象”。人們通過對“天象”的觀察與解釋，來闡發自然與社會的運行變化及其法則。
Tianxiang (天象) signifies the various phenomena appearing in the sky, with xiang (象) denoting a visible event of an incorporeal objective presence. The ancient Chinese believed that both celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and stars, and meteorological symbols, such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, are not corporeal. Therefore, the phenomena manifested by their movement or occurrence are called tianxiang, the heavenly phenomena. Through observation and interpretation of the heavenly phenomena, the ancients attempted to explain the course and norms underlying the operation of nature and, by extension, society.
引例 Citations：
◎乃命羲和，欽若昊天，歷象日月星辰，敬授人時。（《尚書·堯典》）
于是命令羲氏與和氏，恭敬地因順上天，觀測推算日月星辰的運行之象，慎重地向人們傳授時令。
Xi and He were thus commanded, in reverence for and compliance with the Heaven, to observe and forecast the phenomena formed by the movements of the sun, moon, and stars and to prudently instruct the people in the changing of the seasons. (The Book of History)
◎在天成象，在地成形，變化見（xiàn）矣。（《周易·系辭上》）
在天空顯現為象，在大地顯現為形，在天地的形象之中顯現出事物的變化。
In the heaven are phenomena, and on the earth are forms. Their movement demonstrates changes of things. (The Book of Changes)
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