“逸”从隐逸人格向审美范畴的演进

Evolution of “Yi” from Retired Personality to Aesthetic Category

“逸”是中国传统美学中一个很重要的范畴。它最初是作为主体的一种生活态度和精神境界而存在的,后逐渐发展成为一个审美范畴,这是一个从评人之“逸”发展成为评艺之“逸”的历程。作为评人之“逸”主要用于对隐逸之士或具有隐逸精神的主体的品评,作为评艺之“逸”则主要用于对山水艺术(山水田园诗、山水画、园林山水)的品评。随着山水艺术的不断发展成熟,人们对“逸”的理性分析也逐渐成熟。

Yi” is a very important category in Chinese traditional aesthetics. Originally it referred to one type of attitudes and spirits of subjects. Later on it became an aesthetical category. As “Yi” being used for labeling subjects, it referred to one who is a hermit, or one with retired spirit. After “Yi” became a category of aesthetics, it was used to comment on Chinese traditional arts. The theory about “Yi” was built up with the development of Chinese traditional arts.