从“懿筐”到“桑笼”:汉人审美情趣的变化与求新

The Change and Pursuit of Aesthetics in the Han Dynasty

汉人对桑女采桑活动的描绘,在诗歌和绘画的层面上已经呈现出一种超越于一般生活的唯美意义的艺术追求与艺术创作。“桑笼”虽小,但其小巧而精美的造型与刻画,从一个侧面表现和反映了两汉时期独特的审美情趣。这种审美情趣的生成,显示出汉人在继承前代审美传统基础上的变化与求新。其生活基础是汉代家族生活和庄园经济,而其艺术基础,则是与之相适应的汉代“庄园艺术”。是汉代“庄园艺术”之乖巧、灵动与精美的艺术特点与艺术追求,给予了这种审美情趣以新鲜的活力和生存的根基。

The description and the representation of mulberry-picking in the poetry of the Han Dynasty have presented a kind of artistic pursuit and creation of aestheticism which has exceeded the ordinary life. The basket for mulberry is small, but the fine and exquisite shape and depiction reflect the unique artistic pursuit of aesthetic sentiment of the Han Dynasty. The formation of this aesthetic sentiment at that time shows the new trend, on the basis of inheriting the tradition of the forerunners, of the seeking for change and newness, with clan and manor life as the source, while the source of art is the corresponding ＂Manor Life＂ of the Han Dynasty.