浅析先秦诸子关于“气”的审美思想

Analysis of Aesthetic Thinking on Qi of Pre-Qin Scholars

"气"是中国古代哲学、美学的重要范畴之一,关于"气"的思想历史悠久、内蕴丰富,贯穿于中国绵延千年的历史文化发展过程中,对中国文化有着极其深远的影响,以至于有的学者将中国传统文化称为"气文化"或"气感文化"。本文拟将先秦诸子关于"气"的审美思想及其对后世的影响做一个简单的总结和分析:老子首先将"气"纳入哲学范畴;其后,孟子和庄子较早在审美意义上使用了"气"范畴;管子和荀子的气论思想也在气论思想发展史上有着重要的影响。

Qi is one of the important categories in ancient Chinese philosophy and aesthetics.The thought of Qi has a long history of more than thousands of years in China,and it produces so profound influence on Chinese culture that even some scholars call it culture of Qi or Qi-sensitivity.This paper endeavors to summarize the aesthetic thoughts of pre-Qin scholars on Qi and their impacts.Lao Zi was the first to introduce this concept into Chinese philosophy,then Mencius and Zhuang Zi applied it into the aesthetic area,and finally,Tube and Tsunzi furthered the Thinking of Qi to be a great inspiration for following generations.