儒家仁学的审美特征

儒家仁学是一种人生哲学 ,以个体和社会、人与自然的和谐统一为理想。它既是一种伦理精神 ,又表达了一种审美趣味。儒家仁学不仅要在道德生活中寻求普遍的和谐 ,而且坚持从这种和谐中去寻找美 ,认为审美和艺术的价值就在于它们能够从精神上有力地促进这种统一的实现 ,进入审美境界、实现艺术人生就成为其人生哲学的目标与归宿。儒学仁学的道德审美理想不仅对于人的完善具有重要价值 ,而且能够为当代人树立合理的发展观、实现社会的全面进步 ,提供若干方面的深刻启示。

Looking upon as its ideal the harmonious unity of individual and society, man and nature, the Confucian doctrine of Ren is an ethical spirit as well as an expression of aesthetic taste. It not only probes universal harmony in moral life, but insists on seeking beauty in this kind of harmony, holding that the value of beauty and art lies in that they can promote this unity spiritually and effectively, and hence, advancing into the aesthetic realm and realizing the artistic life become an objective of Confucian life philosophy. The moral aesthetic ideal of this doctrine plays an important role in perfecting human beings and provides modern people with enlightenment on the establishment of their development outlook as well as the realization of a comprehensive progress of the society.