摘要
本文旨在探討相反概念的內涵以及其與創造力之間的關聯，而此關聯性包括有「單一相反概念」與「創造力」之間的關聯性，以及「並存的兩個相反概念」與「創造力」之間的關聯性。本篇文章的重要主題包括有反義字詞、反義詞性、反義詞性影響創造力表現的實證研究、逆向思考、回文的分類、中式與西式回文的比較、回文數、相反概念的結合、三階段的反向整合思考訓練活動等，而這些主題同時搭配著合適的例子或創造思考活動。相反概念裡保藏著我們瞭解周遭環境的鎖鑰，也是我們獲取創造想法永續不竭的源泉。從創造力教育的觀點，我們要更加善用融入相反概念的教學活動，以發揮學生的創造潛能。
並列摘要
The purpose of this article was to explore the subtlety of opposite concepts and their connection to creativity. This connection involves the connections between "one single opposite concept" and "creativity" and "two coexisting opposite concepts " and "creativity," respectively. The major themes in this article include opposite concepts, antonyms, antonymy, an empirical study concerning the effect of antonymy on creativity, reverse thinking, classification of palindrome, a comparison between Chinese and English Palindrome, numeric palindrome, the combination of two opposite concepts, and the Three-Stage Janusian Thinking Training Activity. Examples or creative thinking activities matched with these themes are also provided. It is very likely that opposite concepts hold the key to comprehending our environments. Opposite concepts can be the inexhaustible sources of creative ideas. We should make a good use of opposite concepts in our instructional activities to foster our students' creativity.