中国艺术的宇宙精神

The Universal Spirit of Chinese Art

中国艺术意境的“情景交融”反映了中华民族“独与天地精神往来”或“天人合一”的宇宙精神。庄子的“天人合一”观具有真正的美学性质。它不仅把中国艺术家引向无限广阔的山水自然 ,使他们从中汲取永不枯竭的生命饮料,而且为中国古典艺术形成整体的、时空自由的意境特点确定了审美心理原则。受庄子(包括禅宗)美学思想的影响 ,中国艺术总体趋向于一种宝贵的纯美境界。

The mood of'fusion of setting and feeling'advocated in Chinese art reflects Chinese people's universal spirit of'communication solely with the essence of the universe'and'the harmony between man and nature'.Chuangzi's concept of'harmony of man with nature'carries a genuine aesthetic attribute.It is the very concept that leads to Chinese artists the boundless nature featuring mountains and waters from which they keep drawing inexhaustible nutrition.In addition,Chuangzi's idea lays down an aesthetical principle for classical Chinese art in forming its integral mood freely crisscrossing time and space.