《淮南子》音乐美学思想特征探微

The Musical Aesthetic Features of Huainan Zi

由西汉淮南王刘安组织门客集体编撰的《淮南子》一书论及天文地理、兵略治术、人文自然等,对《淮南子》各篇中论及音乐的文字进行探究,从而归纳总结出其音乐美学思想的历史成因和儒道思想相融并争、矛盾统一的特征体现,以及对中国音乐美学思想的深远影响。

Huainan zi, compiled collectively by the hangers -on of the king of Huainan, Liu An, deals with astronomy and geography, military and administration, and humanities and nature. In other words, the book covers the Universe from ancient to modern time （Tang Dynasty： Liu Zhiji, ＂Shi Tong＂）. Therefore, Gao Xiu, the scholar d the Eastern Han Dynasty, remarked that ＂If people don＇t explore and discuss Huainan Zi, they will not know how profound the Tao is＂. This article analyzes the descriptions of rraxsic in each chapter and then summarizes the historical orisin of the nalsical aesthetics, the hanmnious as weU as conflicting characteristics between Confucianism and Taoism, and the profound influences on Chinese nmsic esthetics. The book carries forward the ideas of previous scholars and proposes new perspectives, which reflects the acadenfic prosperity in early I-lan Dynasty. As a result, the hook occupies an important position in Chinese musical aesthetic history and it merits the attetion on the art of contemporary researchers of musical aesthetics.