论《周易》的阳刚之美

Manly Beauty in "Book of Changes

《周易》思想和其揭示的道理 ,从根本上影响了中国传统文化 ,尤其是在通过卦、爻、彖、象揭示道理的同时也奠定了中国艺术和美学的内涵。在古代美学的审美范畴中 ,有阳刚之美、阴柔之美、中和之美等等 ,无一不在《周易》六十四卦中找到各自的根本。《乾》卦之阳刚 ,无论从自身卦、爻、彖、象 ,还是从历史上的艺术、文学、美学中都能找出由它衍发出的阳刚之美的例证。研究阳刚之美 ,有多方面的价值和意义 ,它不仅对文学艺术和美学有作用 ,更对人的言行、情志和道德情操有作用 ,对社会乃至国家都是有益的 ,《大象》“乾行健 ,君子以自强不息” ,几千年来都作为炎黄子孙奋发向上的精神支柱 ,六爻“龙”象之龙更是中华民族自强不息的象征。阳刚之美 ,实在是内容和形式。

The thoughts from 'Book of Changes' and the principles it exposes has influenced fundamentally Chinas traditional culture, and has established the connotation of Chinese art and aesthetics by revealing principles by way of Gua, Yao, Tuan, and Xiang. In ancient aesthetics, the taste of manly beauty, womanly beauty, tr anquility beauty, etc. can all trace their respective roots in the sixty four di vinatory symbols, or Gua, in the 'Book of Changes'. From the divinatory symbol o f 'Qian', exemplifications of expanded manly beauty can be discovered in Gua, Ya o, Tuan, and Xiang proper and in historical art, literature and aesthetics. It i s of extensive value and significance to study the manly beauty. It is not only functional in literature, art and aesthetics, but also functional in mans spee ches, sentiments, and ethic aspects, beneficial to society and even to the natio n. In the 'Grand Xiang' there are the wording, 'Qian generates health, man there fore constantly strive to become stronger', which has been the spiritual backbon e for generations of Chinese to stir for upturn. In the sixth 'Yao', the 'dragon Xiang' has always been the symbol of striving for better. Manly beauty is the f irst beauty in forms and contents in combining man with the nature.