An Aesthetic Study Of "emptiness" In Madhyamika Buddhism During The Wei And Jin Dynasties

During the Wei and Jin dynasties,Buddhism was gradually integrated into Chinese culture through Metaphysics,and it became the third spiritual residence besides Confucianism and Taoism.At this stage,the development of Buddhism has a general characteristic,which is to focus on "Prajna".The "madhyamika" and "sunyata" came from the harmony of "Prajna" and "Madhyamika"."Madhyamika" originated from Mahayana Buddhism.It is a basic law that helps people get rid of evil prejudices and view the world in a correct way.It holds the basic world view of "dependent emptiness"."Sunyata",there is no Prakriti.This view initially refers to an aesthetic thinking about the relationship between human and nature.In daily activities,aesthetics,as a personal experience,is difficult to produce a high degree of "beauty" evaluation with other aesthetic subjects,and it often obscures the original appearance of aesthetic objects.But when the "material nature" and "Madhyamika" are combined,the gap between aesthetic subject and object disappears,and "Emptiness" becomes a bridge connecting the two,making it possible to have a unified and unobstructed aesthetic experience between the object and the subject.Secondly,it also points to the aesthetic thinking about “dependent origin”.The birth and death of various Dharmas not only means “self-nature emptiness”,but also eliminates the reality and necessity of the existence of the world.It makes people face the life of destiny and undecided law."Impermanence" can create new aesthetic feelings.The last thing to think about is that “dependent emptiness” also deconstructs “sunyata” itself.From the perspective of the “Madhymaika” method,“sunyata” and “being” are the same.Misconceptions,with the introduction of the Nirvana Sutra,the development of Buddhism at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has turned from the “Emptiness in Non-emptiness” to “Being in Non-being”.The most important part of this is the manifestation of the "Buddha nature" that can represent the nature of all beings.The existence of "I" has re-established the status of the aesthetic subject,making "Being in Non-being" a key word in the development of Buddhism in this period,and the four virtues of Nirvana,"Chang Le Wo Jing",outline the aesthetic expression of Buddhism,giving it a connotation of Buddhist aesthetics."Empty" has nothing,so how can "aesthetics" come about ? It seems that from the view of Madhyamaka Buddhism,which advocates the "sunyata of all dharmas," There is no beauty in the world,and all active dharmas do not have their own nature,such as flowers in a mirror and the moon’s reflection in water--Illusion.And there is no truth at all.The necessity of daily aesthetics is eliminated.However,Buddhism does not want people to be confined to stubborn emptiness and ignore the "wonderfulness" of the world.Therefore,apart from secular beauty and unbeauty,Buddhism can address the question of "what is beauty" from the perspective of Prajna and Nirvana.Bring a new answer to that question--the Aesthetics of "Sunyata".