Cultural Implications of Spiritual Journey Writing in Pre-Qin Literature
In pre-Qin literature,there are rich descriptions of spiritual journeys,and the landscapes and objects involved contain rich cultural significance.The passage of time is accompanied by the fading of the subject's memory,the pursuit of ideals inspired by the eternity of time,the interplay between existence and non-existence,the relationship between motivation and effect,and all of these reflect the philosophical speculation of ancient people on mountains and waters.The subject's perception of beauty and ugliness in landscapes,and the majestic,ethereal,light,hazy,strange,and bizarre aesthetic images displayed in these writings,have developed various aesthetic paradigms in classical Chinese aesthetics.The alliance of landscapes with immortals in these spiritual journeys solidi-fied into the concept of"immortal mountains",pioneering the indigenous Chinese religious culture of Xian Dao(the ways of immor-tals).These cultural implications have had a profound impact on the formation of Fu poetry about immortals,poetry on roaming with immortals,metaphysical poetry,and dream literature in ancient Chinese literature.
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