On The "Li" Category Of The Chinese Classical Aesthetics

"li" is one of the most important aesthetic categories of Chinese classical aesthetics. It should be in the key position in Chinese ancient aesthetics It runs through the whole course to Chinese classical aesthetics. "li" is in a sprouting and pregnanting state in the Qin dynasty BC and in the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties. Theoretist almost reveal some superficial attribution which can feel directly, but what don't possess much aesthetic intension in many aspects.In the Wei -Jin and southern-Northern Dynasties. " li" has been brought within the orbit of social culture appreciating consciously, and abstracted into a stand-alone aesthetic category system ultimately and rationally and constructed into a aesthetic thinking system which can reflect the essential characteristic of objective things Multidimensionally and comprehensively.There are two kinds of behavior about"li" in the aesthstic vision of the Tang-Song dynasty, There exist at the same time, one is perceptual appearance, the other one is reason appearance. "li" is the special perceptual Character of poem in the Tang dynasty, we also can find that it continues to be prominent sign of poem in the whole Tang dynasty. Theorist who study poem conscientiously realize this appearance that poem is beauty, and catch such spiritual essence about poem.Aesthete show some special sense and interest about poem which behaves "li" perceptual characteristic. They Pursue the "li" characteristic when they write poem or Ci, they step forward to analyse it, and distinguish that there are some difference meaning. about "li" . All of them indicates that "li" category of Chinese classical aesthetics become into the overall prosperity. "li" category has got deep development in some artistic departments in yuan-Ming-Qing dynasty it is shown in several aspects mainly."li" has aesthetic intension in many aspects such as "Magnificent", "Aureole", "Beautiful", "In pairs" and so on. It has lots of aesthetic characteristic, such as "Light", "Natural", "Harmonious" and "colorness" .