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Zong Bai - Hua's Life Aesthetic Thought

Posted on:2008-05-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q H ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360212993365Subject:Literature and art
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The thought of Zong Baihua, a famous aesthetic great master, is always a hot spot on educational study. At present, a view about Zong Baihua' s opinions on aesthetics is that take it as life-aesthetics, but the life-aesthetics, born in 90's in last century, itself exist theoretical defects. On the aesthetics works of Zong Baihua, the word "life" appearance of the frequency is very high, but the content of "life" in the aesthetic works of Zong Baihua is different form the content of "life" in western life philosophy aesthetics which means a cosmic essence that surmounts rational. Zong Baihua speaks of the "life" then have more with person of realistic life. So the angle of "life-aesthetics" can hardly generalize an entire content of Zong Baihua's opinion on aesthetics Taking a wide view on aesthetics works of Zong Baihua, living is a focus, and we can say that living is the center and terminal of the system of the Zong Baihua's aesthetic theories. The Zong Baihua's aesthetic isn't the games logic or language, within his study the life of person in the social transformation is always the focus that he pays attention to the final purpose of his speaks of "the life of art" or "the art of life" is making people better living, and from this meaning Zong Baihua's aesthetics can be treated as a kind of aesthetics of life. This text divides three chapters to discuss Zong Baihua's thought of aesthetics of life.Chapter one talks the background of the Zong Baihua's aesthetics of life. At the beginning of 20 century, the all-directions violent fluctuations on the Chinese society provided the age motivation for creation of his aesthetics of life. Then western philosophy and aesthetics appear in 19 century of the tendency that life and art unify provided an important thought chance for his aesthetics of life. In the meantime,Zong Baihua have deep Chinese classical philosophy and aesthetic accomplishment. Chinese classical philosophy take "truth not far from people" as characteristic of fulfillment reasonable spirit, provided a abundant theoretical resources for his aesthetics of life.Zong Baihua's world outlook is the entrance of chapter tow. This part systematically set forth Zong Baihua's system of aesthetics of life. Zong Baihua's basic world outlook is that cosmos is just like a human being and time space moves rhythmically. This is a cosmos and world which is full of living breathing poetry and happy sound. The relation between world and person turn form theory of itself and knowledge into beauty appreciation itself and aesthetic philosophy. With this kind of world outlook as foundation, Zong Baihua's aesthetics of life had a solid philosophy foundation. On this foundation he unifies life and art describing an artistic life as an abundant, beautiful, happy and valuable one. ZongBaihua's basic view on aesthetics an art is that they should be on the basis of life and attain with macrocosm mutually passing through the creation of mind and at last attain the diapason of form this kind of standpoint outstandingly performed in the state theories of his art. In addition, human's life of his aesthetics is taken as a final arrangement of value. The affirmation life oneself, and affirming a life beautiful is a part with modern meaning in Zong Baihua's aesthetics. At the same time, Zong Baihua admit the beautiful life and the value of life, rather, he has an unique life ideal, unifying the life together with cosmic source of vitality and the rhythm. All of them above make his aesthetics of life has more vast background.Chapter three main talk about the specialization of Zong Baihua's aesthetics of life. First, the aesthetic of life which we usually comprehend is allied with daily life and also allied with kindness. But the beauty in Zong Baihua's aesthetics, regardless from the object of beauty or form self-cultivation is on the basis of Chinese traditional thought of philosophical aesthetics, reflecting a state of mind of Chinese traditional scholar. Therefore, his aesthetics of life have an obvious tendency of traditional scholar. Second, the aesthetics of life, discussed on current educational circles, concentrates in "the aestheticization of everyday life" and "the eastheticization in everyday life" . It pay attention to a kind of realistic concern and how beauty appreciation to make people live better. Zong Baihua's beauty of appreciation ideal of life had a foothold in an ultimate end concern level more. The specialization of Zong Baihua's aesthetics of life, have an important realistic meaning in contemporary China.
Keywords/Search Tags:Zong Baihua, aesthetics of life, life
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