“畅神比德”与“忧国忧民”——中国传统文学精神的两翼

Natural Appreciation and Social Concerns: Two Wings of Essence in Chinese Traditional Culture

以“审美何为”为艺术追求,中国传统的文学创作与鉴赏心理倾向于审美情趣和教化功能,古代文人以数不胜数的文学作品将这种心理倾向演绎为“畅神比德”与“忧国忧民”。“畅神比德”与“忧国忧民”是中国传统文学精神的两翼,也是今天文学界不可丢弃的审美原则与方法。

this paper gives a thorough examination of two aesthetic presentations developed by ancient chinese men of letters in order to describe their aesthetic feelings. the first aesthetic presentation is based on the concerns and deep thoughts upon the social events while the second one is based on appreciation and joy of the natural beauty or the comparison between the visual images and the human morals. these two presentations are two wings of essence in traditional chinese culture and aesthetic principles that cannot be abandoned in chinese literary circle.