“听乐省风”:先秦音乐的文化存在形式

PREDICTING SOCIAL LIFE EVENTS BY LISTENING TO MUSIC:THE CULTURAL EXISTENCE OF PRE-QIN MUSIC

先秦音乐存在的文化形态除了审美娱乐功能之外,最主要的功能是实用功能。音乐的实用功能通过"听乐省风"表现出来,运用于先秦社会生活中的各个领域。在经济领域表现为"听乐省风"以指导农业生产;在军事领域表现为"听乐省风"而知战事吉凶;在政治领域表现为"听乐省风"以知民议政。"听乐省风"在各领域的具体实践是先秦音乐特有的文化存在形式。

Pre-Qin music not only offers aesthetic entertainment but also has practical function. It is displayed in the prediction of social life events in all fields of Pre-Qin society： in the economic field, it guides agricultural production; in the military field, it predicts the success and failure of military affairs; in the political field, it offers knowledge about people and about the administration of a country, The practice of predicting social life events through music in all fields is its peculiar form of cultural existence.