小大之美——论中国古代以小见大美学思想

The Beauty of Details——On the Aesthetic Ideology of Expressing the Whole through Details in Ancient China

以小见大是中国古代美学的一个重要思想,这一美学思想从六朝时期开始初现端倪,并活跃于我国的诗词、绘画、雕塑、建筑园林等文学艺术中。文章从思想起源,社会历史背景以及以小见大对诗词、园林、绘画的影响方面,阐释中国美学的以小见大思想,进一步揭示以小见大这一思想的独特美学价值。

Expressing the whole through details is one of the important thoughts of ancient Chinese aesthetics, which started from the Six Dynasties and actively exists in Chinese poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, gardens, and other kinds of literature and art. This paper elucidates the Chinese aesthetic thought of expressing the whole through details from the aspects of the origin of thought, social and historical background, and its influence on poetry, gardens and painting, further reveals the unique aesthetic value.