Splendid Manifestation of"Wu-se":The Spiritual Light in Ganxing Aesthetics
"Wu-se"(the sensuous colors of the physical world),a basic category of Chinese Ganx-ing Aesthetics,was originally raised by Liu Hsieh.It is not only the source of"Ganwu(sensed externali-ties)","Ganxing(aesthetic sensation of emotions)"and"Bixing(aesthetic comparison and metaphor)"in Chinese classical aesthetics,but also an important foundation for the creation of"Yixiang(imagery)","Qixiang(prevailing features)"and"Yijing(aesthetic conception)"in classical art.Although the theory of Wu-se is a necessary way to study Chinese classical aesthetics,especially Ganxing aesthetics,the re-search on it is relatively weak.The aesthetic category of"Wu-se"has formed a continuous academic gene-alogy in the history of Chinese aesthetics.The philosophical foundation of the aesthetic category of"Wu-se"is the ancient Chinese philosophy of Qi theory and the philosophy of Qi perception."Wu-se"not only reflects the sensibility of cosmic energy and spirit of heaven and earth in the sound,color,appearance,light and shadow of natural objects,but also vividly presents the light of human virtue and free spirit.Wu-se has become the brilliant manifestation of spiritual light of Chinese aesthetics.Wu-se theory of aes-thetics enjoys the same importance with the western aesthetics of natural beauty theory,formal beauty theory,aesthetic sensibility theory,splendid sensibility theory,the realm of existence theory,as well as the spirit of German classical aesthetics and the spirit of Marxist aesthetics.The aesthetic category of Wu-se has important contemporary significance and universal value,and is worthy of systematic research and modern interpretation.