“得意忘言”论的美学转换考辨

A research on aesthetic transformation of the proposition "catching the meaning while forgetting the words"

魏晋玄学的“得意忘言”论对我国古典美学产生了深远影响。然而,一些学者在对哲学命题“得意忘言”论进行蔓学转换时,无视或忽视美学与哲学两个领域中言意问题的重大差异,明显表现出重意轻言、重意轻象的倾向。其实,“得意忘言”作为魏晋玄学命题之一,有其历史与逻辑的合理性,但从美学角度看,则“得意”既不能完全“忘言”,也不能完全“忘象”,因为在审美活动中,意、言、象三者是相交相融、不可分割的审美统一体。

Metaphysics in Wei and Jin Dynasties had a far - reaching influence on Chinese classical aesthetic. However, some scholars obviously tended to emphasize the meaning and despise the words, or emphasize the meaning and despise the image, ignoring or neglecting the significant differences about the relationship of the words and the meaning between the fields of aesthetics and philosophy in the process of aesthetic transformation of the philosophical preposition 'Catching the Meaning While Forgetting the Words'...