中国传统文化视野中的音乐文化意义解读

An Analysis on the Music Ontology in Chinese Traditional Cultur: Music Existing as the Cultural Phenomenon

在中国古代特别是先秦时期,音乐备受重视,成为一切艺术的中心,儒、道两家都将它看成与社会人生有着密切联系的文化现象,认为音乐与自然、人、社会相通相契,是一种具有深刻社会意义的文化存在。儒道两家的音乐美学思想都建立在"天人合一"的思想基础上,将音乐的存在与自然、天道紧密地联系起来。而儒家,更是在美善相契的观念中,将音乐视为调适情感,修养品性的文化手段,并认为音乐是与人的社会行为有直接关系的文化现象,音乐的意义不仅在于审美,它还承担着教化民风、考察政治得失、协调社会伦理秩序的作用。

In ancient China,especially before Qin dynasty,the phenomenon that people attached important significance to music had became the focus of all arts. Confucian and Taoism regard music as the cultural phenomena which related with the society and life.They considerd that music could intercommunicate with nature,human and society,is a cultural being with far-reaching social meanings.The foundation of Confucian and Taoism＇s musical aesthetic is the ＂combination of universe and human＂.Meanwhile,Confucian and Taoism pay great attention to combining musical being with nature and Tian-dao.Especially Confucian,in the consciousness of goodness and beauty interacting harmoniously,considers music as the cultural means of debugging emotion and amending moral character.Besides,they believe music is the cultural phenomenon which is in direct contact with the social behaviors and the meaning of music lies not only in aesthetics,but also in intending to cultivate people,censoring the gains and losses of politics,harmonizing social ethical order.