《淮南子》对于审美空间的建构及其意义

How Huai Nanzi constructs aesthetic space and its significance

中国古典美学对《淮南子》的研究往往关注于形、气、神等方面,却忽略了它对建构审美空间理论的贡献。其实,《淮南子》所建构的审美空间主要在想象中展开、在时间中展开、在物象中展开,表明人们既以审美的态度观照外在世界,又在敞开自身的审美经验。当然,《淮南子》所展开的审美空间还不是艺术美学意义上的审美空间。即便如此,它对后来的艺术创作与艺术理论依然具有理论上的奠基性。

The study of Huai Nanzi in Chinese traditional aesthetics is always concentrated on those aspects, such as： shape, qi, spirit and so on. But it neglects its theoretical contribution to esthetical space. Thus, this paper begins with Huainanzi＇s construction of esthetical space, and then points out that esthetical space is mainly developed in imagination, time and image. The esthetical space developed in these three aspects is what the ancient people feel and know about the external world. Certainly, this is not the esthetical space of artistic aesthetics. However, it is still of great theoretically basis meaning to the following artistic creation and theory.