"Yixiang"is an important category of philosophical aesthetics,but also a theoretical category that is very prone to linguistic ambiguity.The common confusion is that between the yixiang in the sense of philosophical aesthetics and psychological aesthetics,and the yixiang in the sense of philosophical aesthetics and poetics.This article analyzes this point and,based on this,explores the philosophical aesthetic connotation of the category of imagery.As a category marking the ontological consciousness of philosophical aesthetics,"yixiang"was born in the philosophical background of the unity of heaven and man and the unity of matter and self in ancient China,and it is the embodiment of the thinking of the ancient Chinese who still emphasized yixiang and the embodiment of the poetic cultural spirit of ancient China.Yixiang is thus characterized by the integrate harmony,generativity,transcendence and emotional experience,reflecting the basic characteristics of Chinese aesthetics and art,and at the same time,it can also be used as a category of modem aesthetics and art,entering into the aesthetic vision of modern people.
关键词
意象/哲学美学/心理美学/诗学/中国传统美学
Key words
yixiang/philosophical aesthetics/psychological aesthetics/poetics/traditional Chinese aesthetics