历来易学研究, 《小象》不受重视。以语料库的概念和语篇分析的手段对其分析显示, 《小象》有着丰富的传统文化内涵。其重复/省略部分, 是我国古代文献中极少见到的一种语言现象极为丰富的集结, 为我们研究古代汉语语言衔接问题开了一个天窗。更为重要的是, 《小象》“爻辞之言—爻象—原因目的结果推论/判断”的思维三段式是不同于希腊思维传统的、具有中国特征的言—象—意思维方式两大分支中的一支。同时, 注重386爻每一爻小象的落实到位, 这种细致、清晰和理性的思维模式正是展现了中国传统的整体、局部和细节动态关联思维特征的一部分。

The section of 'The Linear Image' has been long neglected in the study of the Book of Changes. A textual analysis with a corpus-based perspective of it shows that the section is a rich embodiment of traditional Chinese culture. Its part of repetition and ellipsis is a rare phenomenon in our ancient literature and can be regarded as a window for studies of the ancient Chinese language. More importantly, its thinking mode of word-image-meaning is quite different from Greek syllogism. Moreover, every linear image judgment of 386 lines is firmly detached to each line. Such a detailed, clear and rational thinking mode rightly demonstrates that it is part of traditional Chinese thinking mode with a characteristic of dynamic combination of whole, part and their particulars.