“君子知乐”与周代贵族的艺术修养

“Music-oriented Gentleman” and the Artistic Accomplishments of Nobilities in Zhou Dynasty

周代礼乐教化是专门针对贵族阶层展开的综合性教育,君子是贵族阶层的杰出代表,他们自幼接受严格的专门的礼乐教化,并且定期参加祭祀、燕飨、乐射等大型礼乐政治活动。他们既是礼乐文化的主要受益者,又是礼乐文化的践行者、承传者。由于长期受到礼乐艺术精神的濡染、浸润,君子的礼乐技艺水准、情感境界、人格气度都堪当时代的典范,礼乐艺术修养赋予他们的人格力量,对华夏民族的文明进程具有重大促进意义。

The ritual music enlightenment in Zhou Dynasty was a comprehensive education which was specifically designed for the aristocracy, and gentlemen were the outstanding representatives ofthe aristocracy. They were not only the main beneficiaries or ritual and musical culture, but also thekeeper and inheritor of it. As a result of long-term and uninterrupted infiltration by the artistic spiritof ritual and musical culture, the ritual and musical skills level, emotional state, and the personalitygrace were worthy of the model in that era. The ritual and musical art cultivation gave them the personality grace which was responsible, wise, warm, thick, and this was of great significance to the pro-cess of civilization of the Chinese Nation.