《淮南子》的哲学精神和美学思想

Philosophical Spirit and Aesthetic Thoughts in Huai-nan Tzu

《淮南子》的根本精神是追求一种得道、悟道的大优游的哲学精神和审美境界,同时它把"道"与"和"联系起来,发展了中华文化的和谐精神。它提出"心和欲得则乐"的命题,从审美主体的角度阐释了和谐为美、和谐为艺术本质的根本原理,并对美的绝对性与相对性问题作了较辩证的阐述,对古典和谐美学作出了重大贡献。它还把"和"与自然生态相联系,论述了生态和谐与自然美的问题。形、气、神的统一是《淮南子》提出的又一重要思想,它对中国古典美学中的气韵论和形神论影响深远。

The essence of Huai-nan Tzu is the pursuit of philosophical and aesthetic spirit of supreme leisure and freedom derived from understanding and attaining Tao. From the perspective of aesthetic subject, Huai-nan Tzu puts forward the principles that harmony is beauty and that harmony is the essence of arts, thus, making a major contribution to classic aesthetics on harmony. In addition, Huai-nan Tzu associates harmony with natural ecology and put forth the themes of ecological harmony and natural beauty. Also expounded in the book is the theory on the harmonious unity of form, qi and spirit, which has exerted far-reaching impact on the predominant theory of form and spirit in Chinese classic aesthetics.