“超验美”与“超然美”的言说之路——神学美学与道家美学“象论”之比较

The Speech Way of “Transcendental Beauty” and “Aloof Beauty”:A Comparison of “Image Theory” Between Theological Aesthetics and Taoist Aesthetics

基督教神学美学与道家美学都围绕着"不可见性"与"可见性"建立起各自的"象论"。神学美学由"神无定形""道成肉身"到"三位一体"的言说过程,铺开了一条"超验美"的言说道路;道家美学则经由"大象无形""得意忘象"到"三言"的言说过程,走向了"超然美"的路径。比较神学美学与道家美学的"象论",我们能在比较美学的层面上去把握中西文化的内在差异性。

Both Christian theological aesthetics and Taoist aesthetics have established their own"image theory"on "invisibility"and "visibility". Theological aesthetics,from the process of "amorphous form"to"trinity",has opened up a way of"transcendental beauty". Taoist aesthetics has gone through the process of "Meta-image Being Nonbeing","Forgetting the Images after the Attainment of the Idea"to "Three Speechs",and has gone to the path of Detached Beauty. By comparing theological aesthetics with Taoist aesthetics,one can grasp the inherent differences between Chinese and western cultures at the level of comparative aesthetics.