The Research Of Implements Aesthetic Ideology In Li Yu’s "Xian Qing Ou Ji"

Li Yu is a scholars and merchant at the joint of Ming and Qing Dynasty. He shows his talent by writing the Small Encyclopedia of daily life “xian qing ou ji”. At the time of Li Yu, with the rapid development of industrial and commercial economy,The city citizen asked to pay attention to the enjoyment of Daily Life. Li Yu kept up with the trend of the history. He observed the daily life from the Angle of the implements. He thought there is also have beauty in implements, and gradually formed a new aesthetic about implements.The first chapter introduces the formation of Li Yu’s thought of implements aesthetics. Li Yu aesthetic thought was influenced by the Chinese traditional culture.His implements aesthetic thought about implements also benefits from social historical reality at the late of Ming Dynasty, and benefits from the social changing. it also have a relationship with the pursuit of pleasure in his experiences.The second chapter analyses the costume and jewelry, and showing the beautiful of people with these costume and jewelry. He emphasizes the important role of implements in decoration and tell us how to use these clothes and jewelry to become beautiful in daily life.The third chapter introduces the room landscape designs, showing his requirements of the living environment through the window bars, walls, rocks, and so on. From the details of implements, we can see the beauty of the whole environment.The fourth chapter introduces the furniture, showing Li Yu’s requirements of the furniture arrangement, through the description of antique, bed, curtain, chair,stool and so on. He pays his attention to the beauty of practical and innovation.The fifth chapter discusses the aesthetic kernel of “xian qing ou ji”.The book creates a world in the pursuit of Beautiful implements. On the basis of the analysis of costume and jewelry, landscape architecture and implements, there are three characteristics in his aesthetic thought about implements, they are “The beauty of nature” and “The beauty of practical”, “The beauty of the innovation”.The sixth chapter discusses the characteristics of Li Yu’s aesthetic thought about implements. He thinks we can find the inner spirit through the external material.In this way.We can enjoy ourselves in our daily life. He is the pursuit of aesthetic in daily life and thinks that ordinary people can also get the rights of aesthetic through the appreciating of implements. Li Yu’s aesthetic thought can balanced people’s innermost thoughts and external body. In today’s fast consumption age, it will make a acontribution to the establishment of harmonious society, and help to realize the Chinese dream.