On the Characteristics of Life Creation of Liang Shuming's Aesthetics of Literature and Art
Liang Shuming begins to pay close attention to the value and function of literature and art in his middle age,and forms thoughts of the aesthetics of literature and art with the characteristics of life creation.He insists on the stance of life creation,thinking that truth is very important in literature and art,and that the creation of literature and art is a life creation process that is"stimulated and infected"for the purpose of beau-ty and moves from the body to the heart.In terms of individual life,literature and art has the aesthetic charac-teristics and functions that"make people's emotions carried forward and encouraged",and in terms of social life,literature and art is a kind of dependence of life and food of spirit which can nourish the humans and even the plants and animals.On this basis,Liang Shuming further starts with the lively and fluid characteristics of life itself,and proposes that individuals should get rid of outside disturbances,achieve vitality through intui-tion,cultivate a gentle and peaceful heart and then nourish the"vitality"and"vigour"of life,deduce the personal heart to the life and society,advocating replacing religion with virtue and aesthetic education,putting forward artification of life in the future society.
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