《淮南子》的音乐审美观

The Acsthetic Consciousness of Writing of Prince Huainan on Muscic

《淮南子》被人视为“集众家之流而归于道”的杂家,然其在音乐审美意识方面,有许多精辟见解。它认为艺术创作根植于现实生活的土壤,不必循古,应与时俱进;艺术创作及其所运用的艺术技巧,必须遵循其自身规律;音乐是长于抒情的艺术,以“真情”为美;艺术创作要做到“文”与“质”统一。

Writing of Prince Huainan is regarded as the eclectics which gathers and generalizes the theories of multitude experts.While on the aesthetic consciousness of music,it has lots of penetrating views.It says that artistic creation which is at the bottom of real life shall proceed with the time but not follow the ancient order,that artistic creation and artistic skills used must adhere to their own rules;that music is good at expressing emotions and considers true feelings as beauty;that artistic creation need to integrate“writings”and“essence”.