孔子复古思想的审美文化意义

Ancient Scholars Are for Themselves,Modern Scholars Are for Others:The Aesthetic and Cultural Significance of Confucius's Thought of Returning to the Ancient

孔子“古之学者为己,今之学者为人”这一包含浓厚怀古情结和复古情愫的经典名言,不仅在学术文化上堪称“切而要”的深刻论断,抓到了历史的要害和痛处,在审美文化上看更是富有巨大的历史穿透力。后世中国影响甚大且得到广泛唱和的复古诗学,仿佛就从艺术创造、美学生发的维度为这一名言作了一个触类旁通的大注脚!

Confucius＇ s classical saying： ＂Ancient Scholars are for Themselves, Modem Scholars are for Others＂ implies a kind of strong complex for meditating upon and returning to the past. It is not only a ＂precise and concise＂ and profound judgment of scholastic culture, but also a concept of tremendous penetration into the history of aesthetic culture. The poetics of returning to the ancient, which has played a great and wide role in Chinese literature, seems like a big footnote, explaining the above - mentioned classical saying from the perspective of art creativity and aesthetic development. Once we grasp this big footnote, we shall grasp the whole category.