《易传》与中国古典美学

《易传》是对中华古典文化产生了深远影响的经典文本。其对中国古典美学之影响最著者有四:“依天立人”的中道天人观为古代中国人提供了安身立命的精神家园,奠定了古典审美天人相融的基本主题;“立象以尽意”命题转化为意象审美范畴后,揭示了人类审美活动的感性思维方式;“阴阳”范畴启发了古典艺术形而上的追求和形而下的辩证的艺术创造智慧;刚健宽厚的君子人格追求代表了中华人格自我砥砺的生活审美传统。

YIZHUAN and Chinese Classic Aesthetics

YIZHUAN is a classic text that exerted a far-reaching influence on Chinese classic culture in the following four aspects: It provided the spiritual support for the ancients of China and the basic theme of harmony between man and nature in the ancient aesthetics of China;the image-creation for expressing emotions revealed the conceptual thinking of human aesthetic activities;the category of Yin-Yang brought to light the combination of the theoretical pursuit of classic art and practical creation of artistic wisdom;the dignity and open-mindedness of the personality of gentleman represented the aesthetic tradition of the self-training of the Chinese personality.