音响一何悲——谈中国古代音乐鉴赏中的“以悲为美”

On "Taking Sorrow as Sensuousness" in Appreciating Chinese Ancient Music

本文勾勒了中国古代音乐鉴赏中“以悲为美”现象的发展脉络,进而运用亚里士多德关于音乐功能的论述来阐释悲曲何以能产生美,认为正是由于音乐之“悲”可以宣泄听众的不良情感,故而使受怜悯、恐惧或其他情感骚扰的人能感受到一种轻松和愉快,“以悲为美”才有了产生和流行的依据及价值。

The paper outlines the development venation of ＂ taking sorrow as sensuousness＂ in appreciating Chinese ancient music. It uses Aristotle＇s dissertation on the function of music to explain why sorrowful music could bring sensuous feelings. The paper holds that ＂sorrow＂ in the music may give vent to the audience＇s bad moods, and make those who suffer commiseration, trepidation and other disturbance relax and feel happy, which is the basis and value that makes ＂taking sorrow as sensuousness＂ come into being and prevail.