滕固论气韵生动

Teng Gu on Qiyun Shengdong

气韵生动或者气韵是中国传统美学的重要概念。由于西方学者的研究,它在中国传统美学的现代转型中获得了新的含义。将气韵等同于节奏,成为现代美学的主流看法。滕固的研究支持了这种看法。本文考察了气韵即节奏的观点在西方美学和艺术史界的发生过程,滕固对这种观点的接受和支持,以及这种观点的局限性。

Qiyun Shengdong or Qiyun is an important concept of traditional Chinese aesthetics. Due to the translation and interpretation from western scholars, it gets new meanings during the modernization of traditional Chinese aesthetics. ＂Qiyun as Rhythm＂ is dominated in its modern interpretation. Teng Gu supports this inter- pretation. This essay charts the development of the interpretation of ＂Qiyun as Rhythm＂ in western aesthetics and art history, examines Teng Gu＇s accepting and supporting this interpretation, and criticizes its limitation and misinterpretation.