论文人艺术活动和民间艺术审美倾向的差异

On the difference between literati artistic activities and folk aesthetic inclination

文人士大夫的艺术活动从本质上说，应该是“业余”的，是传统的带有人格修养自我完善的一种载体，所以也是“自娱”的。民间艺术活动中相同一部分是职业艺术家所为，从社会画师到说书艺人、戏剧班子，他们的艺术活动本身就是谋生的手段，所以他们的一切艺术活动为“娱人”而出售的对象总是要使他们在创作活动中体现自己的“生活价值观念”，当然也就在艺术活动中反映出一种审美的意趣倾向。在文人士大夫审美观念中往往认为是“粗俗”的东西，却反而会被他们奉为神往的目标。由于中国历史上文盲充斥，“高雅”的文人艺术及其审美价值观念远不及后者对社会文化意识的影响深度。

In essence,the art activities of the intelligentsia were 'amateur', and aimed at self-perfection of the personality. Part of the folk art activties were made by career artists, from parinters to story tellers and theatrical troupes,and were the way of making a living, so their art activities reflected their concept of life value. In the intelligentsia's view some were vulgar,some even obscene but were regarded as highly desired objectives by the folk artists. Because of the overwhelming number of illiterates in Chinese history, the 'elegant' art of the literati and their aesthetic values have had less influence on social and cultural awareness than those of the folk artists.