象形取意,格物致知的思维方式,既满足于人们仿生欲望和探究心理,又有效地解决了思想的局限与行为之不足。中华武术象形拳术之一——螳螂拳的形成与发展,反复经过了细致观察、认真摸仿、严格操作和实战应用等多方实践,并经历了由表及里,由粗致精、由浅入深、由此及彼的象形格物的认识过程。 七星螳螂拳传人马成鑫,在其所著《螳螂派拳术流源》一文中,这样记述了螳螂拳创始人王郎的创拳经历:“郎游林中,闻枝间振振有声,审视则螳螂方捕虫 The hieroglyphic way of thinking that the hieroglyphs and the familiar things are not only satisfied with people’s bionic desire and exploration psychology, but also effectively solved the limitation of the thought and the inadequacy of the action. The formation and development of mantis boxing, one of the Chinese martial arts pictographic boxing, has been repeatedly observed, carefully imitated, rigorous operation and practical application and other multi-party practice, and experienced from the table and from rough to refined, from shallow to deep , And his pictographic understanding of the process. Ma Sing Cheng seven star mantis in his book “Mantis sent martial arts stream source,” a text, so describes the founder of mantis boxing Wang Lang Chuangquan experience: "Lang You Lin, Wenzhang shook with sound, look at Mantis side catching insects