“气本体”理论视野中的中国古代美学理论体系

The Ancient Chinese Theoretical System of Aesthetics Under the "Ontology of Spirits"

在中国古代"气"是宇宙、人生的本体,也是美的本体,艺术表现了"气",也就是表现宇宙、人生的真谛,即表现了美。根据"气"的运动、变化、性质的特点,艺术采用"虚实相生"、"动静相衔"、"刚柔相济"等方式来表现美。艺术因其所表现的仁义道德与"气"相融合而具有价值。艺术欣赏就是感知"气",并让生命与"气"交融而体验生命的自由。

In ancient China, 'spirits' is the noumenon of the universe and life as well as the noumenon of the beauty. Art reveals the 'spirits'-the truth about the universe and life, i.e., the beauty. According to the characteristics of the movement, change and quality of 'spirits', art unfolds beauty through 'mutual promotion of the false and the true', 'linking dynamic and statie states' and 'mutual complement of firmness and gentleness'. Art demonstrates its value based on the virtue and morality blended with 'spirits'. Appreciation for arts is like sensing 'spirits', in which to experience the freedom of life through the harmonious blending of life and 'spirits', which shaped the potential theoretical system in ancient Chinese aesthetics.