气:中国美学审美域构成中的活力基元

Qi:the Vigor Element in Chinese Aesthetics

受《周易》神秘文化影响,在中国美学看来,"气"是宇宙的原初实有,是最高的本体,"道"即混沌之"气",宇宙万物皆由"气"所化生化合;作为宇宙万物生成的中间环节,"气"生于"道"或"太极",是宇宙万物的共同构成质料或元素。审美创作活动中心物的感应、情景的交融离不开"气"与"气化"作用。由此,中国美学提出了"气之动物,物之感人"说:宇宙万物的生成本源为"阴阳"二气,"阴阳"二气的运行,"气"之动物,激发了万物的生长发育,自然也激发创作者的创作动机,而摇荡性情,形诸舞咏,引起审美创作。"物动心感",引起创作者内心感动与审美域构成的原初动力是"气"。

Influenced by the mysterious culture of the ancient book Zhouyi,＂qi＂ is thought as the primary existence and the highest ontology,everything in universe being the product of it.Borrowed from this saying,Chinese aesthetics holds that the movement of ＂yin＂ and ＂yang＂,which forms ＂qi＂,motivates all things on earth,thus inspires the writers and leads to their aesthetic creation.In this sense,＂qi＂ is the primary force to move the writers to create aesthetically.