Soul Inducing To Nine Horizons Theory

"Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory" is the most significant core concept of Tang Junyi. It is the essence of Tang Junyi’s aesthetics concept and the overall embodiment of his state theory. Generally speaking, Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory embraces all the interpretations of Tang Junyi’s philosophy system. The thesis aims to carry out a comprehensive and incisive explanation on the state theory of Tang Junyi by analyzing his theoretical achievements and deficiency with a brief to distinct levels of state theory according to "Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory".The thesis includes three chapters. Chapter One focuses on the introduction of state theory of Tang Junyi. Firstly, a brief introduction to state theory and its theoretical development will be made. Moreover, state will be explored as an aesthetics realm in aspects of historical development and cultural origin. Secondly, the thesis will interpret the main contents and value of Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory comprehensively with the analysis of the relationships between mental state, life, existence and the nine horizons. And with the internal logic of its theory, the contributions of "Soul Including to Nine Horizons to the state theory" will be discovered.Chapter Two is a comparative aesthetic analysis of Tang Junyi and Fang Dongmei. This part mainly concentrates on the state theories of Tang Junyi and Fang Dongmei and explores their similarities and differences for a fully and incisive understanding of the basic characteristics of Tang Junyi’s state theory, which is significant to grasp his "Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory" overally.Chapter Three explores Soul Including to Nine Horizons Theory’s absorption and reference to Chinese and western culture for presenting its cultural transcension and its inspiration and significance to the researches on contemporary meanings of traditional aesthetics.