《淮南子》音乐表演理论及其当代价值

The Musical Performance Theory of Huainan Zi and Its Contemporary Value

《淮南子》是西汉皇族刘安召集宾客集体撰写的一部百科全书式的著作,全书共二十一篇,涉及天地万物、治国理政以及人类社会的各个方面,其中关于音乐表演思想的论述系统而全面。《淮南子》在强调音乐表演技术训练必要性的同时,尤其强调表演者内在认知与意识的重要性,并指出“不得其道,伎艺虽多,未有益也”“中有本主,以定清浊”“情发于中,而声应于外”;另外,《淮南子》深刻阐述了“服习积惯”之于音乐表演技巧获得的重要性。这些见解闪烁着深刻的艺术哲思,对于当今的音乐表演理论建设以及音乐实践训练,都具有非常重要的实用价值与借鉴意义。

Huainan Zi is an encyclopedic work written by Liu An,the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty.The book consists of 21 chapters,covering all aspects of the universe,state governance and human society.Among them,the discussion on musical performance thought is systematic and comprehensive.Huainan Zi emphasizes the necessity of musical performance training,and especially the importance of performers’inner cognition and consciousness.It points out that“there are many tricks without their own way,but they are not beneficial”,“there are original masters in the music,so as to calm down the turbidity”,“emotion comes from the middle,while sound should come from the outside”.In addition,Huainan Zi profoundly elaborated the importance of“the habit of obedience and accumulation”in the acquisition of musical performance skills.These insights shine with profound artistic philosophy and have important practical value and reference significance for our current music performance theory construction and practical training.