道德与艺术的交融——论先秦儒家音乐美学中的“中和”观念

A Blend of Morality and Art:The aesthetic view of chung-ho held by pre-Qin Confucian School in music

"中和"是中国哲学、美学中最重要的范畴之一,本文试图从先秦儒家孔子、孟子以及《礼记.乐记》所论及的音乐美学的角度,通过对他们的"中和"观念在哲学与美学、道德与艺术之间关系上的交互阐释与辨析,将孔孟为代表的儒家音乐美学传统下的"中和"基本含义归结为"生命中定常之体的即体即用,道德与艺术的融通为一"。

Chung-ho is one of the most important categories in Chinese philosophy and aesthetics.The present paper intends to,on the basis of the aesthetic views held by pre-Qin Confucian School including Confucius,Mencius and Yueji in the Book of Rites,define the essential sense of the concept of chong-ho held by Confucian School represented by Confucius and Mencius in musical aesthetics as ＂a metaphysical and eternal noumenon that expresses itself in itself and that morality and art blends into each other＂ based on their explanation and analysis in philosophy and aesthetics,and in morality and art.