以和为美:自然最初获得的理性

No Harmony,No Beauty: the Initial Logos of Nature

"和"是中国古人在观察自然、认识自然中总结出来的自然规则,是自然最初获得的理性。"和"彰显出理性对感性的整顿与提升,以和为美观念的出现就是这种整顿与提升的聚集。"和"的观念源于辨别思想的发展,它不仅仅是自然事物之间的和谐、人的活动与天时之间的相宜或者合理地利用地势这些具体的关系,而且是用来描述事物生成发展规律、世界运动变化轨迹的抽象概念。"和"会带来世界的秩序,"和"会保证物质的丰富多彩,"和"会产生高尚的品德,"和"自然也会给人以美的愉悦,"和"不仅合规律,同时也是合目的的。

＂Harmony＂ is a principle of nature discovered by ancient Chinese people after careful observationand conclusion. It is the initial logos of nature. ＂Harmony＂highlights the rational consolidation and promotion ofsensibility, and as a result, there comes the principle of ＂ no harmony, no beauty＂. The concept of ＂ harmony＂stresses the harmony among natural creatures, the agreement between human activity and the natural conditions orsuitable employment of natural conditions. This principle can be employed to describe the development of naturalmaterials and the change rule of the world. ＂Harmony＂ brings with the order of the world, the diversity of naturalmaterials, the virtue of human morals and the joy of beauty for human being. ＂Harmony＂ is in accordance with thenature rule as well as the destination of the nature.