中国古代生命论美学及其当代价值

Life Aesthetics in Ancient China and Its Contemporary Value

在教学科研与众多中外美学家的启示中,可以感到中国古代的气本论生命哲学与美学相异于西方古代的实体性美学。本文从中国古代内陆的地理环境、农业社会背景以及与之相应的气本论生命哲学背景探讨了生命论美学产生的必然性,并从养生理论、气韵生动之艺术理论以及民间艺术等多角度论证了中国古代生命论美学的内涵,最后从后现代生态文明社会的到来以及社会文化的转型探讨了中国古代生命论美学在建设当代生态美学与身体美学中的重要资源价值。

Life aesthetics made up with the metaphysical theory of Qi in ancient China is different from that of entity in ancient West. Firstly, this article discusses that the necessity of the appearance of life aesthetics relies on ancient Chinese geographic environment, agricultural society and the metaphysical theory of Qi. Then it demonstrates the connotation of the life aesthetics form theory of health cultivation, theory of vivid charm and folk art and other angles. Lastly, it elaborates that the value of life aesthetics in the construction of contemporary ecological aesthetics and body aesthetics depends on the arrival of the post - modernistic ecological society and the transformation of social culture.