Study on Ergonomics Education Based on The Concept of Form and Substance in pre-Qin Philosophy of Creation
Authors:
Lijun Dong, Qingfang Sheng
Keywords:
Pre-Qin Creation;Concept of Form and Substance;Product Design;Ergonomics
Doi:
10.70114/ahmer.2025.4.1.P25
Abstract
The pre-Qin Chinese creation thought centers around "ritual", highlighting the characteristics of ritual culture and reflecting the creation thinking, creation values, and humanistic care spirit of our ancestors. Among them, the "concept of form and substance" in pre-Qin creation views the relationship between form and substance as the relationship between use and decoration, referring not only to the function and decoration of objects but also to human inner cultivation and external expression, as well as many other issues such as the core and externalization of social and political systems. The creation values emphasize "the homology of form and substance", which means that the externalization of creation should be unified with material attributes, functional attributes, user attributes, environmental attributes, cultural attributes, and even social system attributes, changing with the times and circumstances. Based on this, this research explores and practices the teaching of ergonomics, and systematically construct a teaching mode for ergonomics courses through thinking and experimentation in three aspects: teaching objectives, teaching content, teaching methods and resources. This helps students improve their understanding and application ability of human-machine relationships while learning traditional creation ideas, and fundamentally enhance their professional self-awareness and cultural confidence.