从“化”到“化境”:通向现代的中国古典美学范畴

From “Hua” to “Huajing” :the Chinese Classical Aesthetic Concept Leading to Modern

"化"作为一个重要的古典美学范畴,较少为学者关注。作为一个母范畴,它在儒家衍生了"教化"、在道家则衍生了"物化"、"独化"等子范畴。《庄子》中的"化"思想最为丰富复杂,后世美学范畴"化境"即是承庄子大"化"思想而来。在整个"化"范畴群里,"化境"是在中国古典美学中被用得最多最广的一个子范畴,并且还是一个存活于现代美学中的充满生命活力的古典范畴。

As an important category of classical aesthetics, ＂Hua＂ does not get much attention from academics. ＂Hua＂ is a parent category, from which many subcategories were spawned, like ＂Jiaohua（moral education）＂ in Confucianism, ＂Wuhua（the transformation of things）＂ and ＂Duhua（lone transformation）＂ in Taoism. ＂Hua＂ in Zhuangzi is the most abundant and complicated in meaning, from which the later aesthetic category ＂Huajing＂ evolves. In all the subcategories of ＂Hua＂, ＂Huajing＂ is the most frequently and widely used in Chinese classical aesthetics, and also a dynamic classical category in modern aesthetics.