On the Aesthetic Proposition Value of"The Joy of Confucius and Yan Hui"
The evolution of the proposition"The Joy of Confucius and Yan Hui"has gone through three stages:the interpretation of language and words before the Song Confucianism,the interpretation of philosophical propositions since the Song Confucianism,and the interpretation of aesthetic propositions since Wang Guowei.The aesthetic proposition of"The Joy of Confucius and Yan Hui"revolves around the logic of aesthetic history,starts from the issue of aesthetic perception,and has two connotations.One is the aesthetic perception of personality,which includes the aesthetic taste view of"following my own interests",the aesthetic will view of"gentlemen pursuing self-improvement",and the aesthetic cognitive view of"worrying about the'Tao'but not about poverty".The other is the artistic aesthetic perception,which refers to the four levels of artistic aesthetics of"The Melody of Music,Techniques for Playing Music,Artist's Aesthetic Taste and Artist's Personality"and the"golden mean"attitude of artistic evaluation featuring"being mournful but not distressing,and being joyous but not indecent".The value of the aesthetic proposition of"The Joy of Confucius and Yan Hui"is mainly manifested in the development of contemporary aesthetic basic theories and solving the spiritual difficulties of the people themselves.This is beneficial for inspiring the fundamental theories of contemporary aesthetics to be rooted in the"aesthetics of life",and also provides theoretical ideas for the current public to explore the"poetic dwelling"lifestyle.
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