神韵:从汉末人伦鉴识到魏晋人物品藻

Aesthetic Nature(Shen Yun):From the Judgment of the Human Relationship Ethics in the Late Han Dynasty to the Art Work Figures Appreciation in the Wei & Jin Dynasties

“神韵”是中国古典美学史上的核心性范畴。这一范畴的语源学根据 ,来自南北朝时谢赫的《古画品录》 ,其哲学根源是老庄的生命哲学。“神韵”作为美学范畴 ,有一个从哲学理念到主体现实生命形态欣赏、再到审美观念渐次递变的过程 ,而从汉末人伦鉴识到魏晋人物品藻正是这一递变的现实人文环境。汉末人伦鉴识重在政治实用目的 ,魏晋人物品藻则是对主体生命形态、精神本身的欣赏 ,这种对生命观照的审美态度为“神韵”

Aesthetic nature(Shen Yun), the core of Chinese aesthetic history, comes etymologically from Classic Paintings Criticism Collection by Xie He of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and originates philosophically from Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi’s life conception. As an aesthetic concept, Shen Yun has gone through a process from philosophic idea to the appreciation of the object and to the grading of aesthetic enjoyment. The realistic and humanistic environment of this process is the Late Han’s judgement of human relationship ethics and the appreciation of the figures in the art works of The Three Kingdoms Period and Jin Dynasty. The former puts great premium on political pragmatism, and the latter, the nature of the objective form of life. The aesthetic attitude with much consideration of life paves the way for the birth of Shen Yun.