本論文探究從《尚書》到《荀子》中，在各種看似零碎分布的，提及「類」這個詞語的文脈中，探索在該文脈使用「類」這個詞語背後所蘊含的類觀念，掘發其文化脈絡和意義，以見出其如何匯聚成能支撐感應觀的類思維關係網絡，及其如何在文化中發揮影響。從中可見出，戰國後期各種推類思想，對用類方式的自覺，皆與類觀念之運用及其於歷史中逐步發展而積澱成更具文化影響力的類思維有關。透過此探究，可讓我們瞥見《易傳》以來感應思想背後的類思維要素，其文化基源和發展線索，能更清楚地釐清「類思維」和「感應」相聯繫的文化樣貌和思維面向。

This doctoral thesis studied the cultural context and significance of the different context and usages in the key word “Lei” among the pre-Qin documents from Shangshu to Xunzi. We could observe the development process that how the individual Lei concept converge the more widely penetration and influences the ways of Lei thinking. Lei thinking possessed the characteristics of Chinese culture which contained the thought of categorization and correspondence. Through the excavation of this paper, we could further aware the hidden elements and mutual penetration of the connection between the categorical thought and resonance in the period of pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. And we could also understand the implication between Lei thinking and resonance behind the thought of resonance in the Yi-Zhuans.

類; 類思維; 感應; 先秦; 推類

lei（the way to categorize）; the thought of categorization and correspondence; resonance; pre-Qin; inference by analogy