论乐与美

On Joy and Beauty

生命的本体自然是"乐"的,但因"万物一体之仁"之故,乐便终须藉物而显。真正的乐既非冥想之乐,也非纯粹的感官物欲之乐。对儒家而言,生命的"真乐"是礼乐同具的状态。美则是就生命的外在呈现状态言。美同样是良知的呈现,同样具有实践性。在"致良知"的统摄下,生命之美所蕴含的自由与克制达至高度的和谐统一。这个世界实际只有"人文之美",人负有呈现美的责任——当然也是"快乐的责任"。

Lift itself is ＂ joy＂,but due to theory of Benevolence in Everything-as-one,joy must be manifested through substance. The joy in the true sense refers to neither the joy in the meditation or the sensory joy of the desire for materials. For the Confucians,the ＂ joy in the true sense＂ of life is the combination of rites and joy,and beauty is based on manifestation of life. Beauty is also the presentation of consciousness and it is also practical. In view of ＂ to consciousness＂,the freedom and constraint contained in the beauty of life unite harmoniously. What really exist in this world is ＂ humanistic beauty＂,and human bears both the responsibility for presenting beauty and ＂ the responsibility for joy＂.