Recently Musk suddenly sent "Shu Silence" on Twitter, the big guy is worthy of being a big guy, just two Chinese characters have nearly 400,000 likes, it seems that this wave of acquisition of Twitter value, but from another point of view, lao ma should be interested in the Japanese aesthetics of "shu shu", perhaps also verified the rumor that lao ma is a Japanese culture lover.
However, even Chinese many people seem to understand the "silence" (pronounced chà jì), and today I will fry the cold rice and then say it.
Simply put, "silence" is like the machine translation of the tweet above: "Imperfect, elusive beauty." As a key part of Japanese aesthetics, and an ancient concept that still governs Japanese tastes and aesthetic norms, "ShuKu" is indeed difficult to translate, and is often considered undefinable in Japanese culture.
What is silence
侘寂, the word is translated from the Japanese words WABI and び (SABI). In fact, the concept of "silence" originated from Taoism in the Song Dynasty of China and was later introduced to Zen Buddhism. Today's "silence" inherits more of the three seals of Theravada Buddhism (impermanence of actions, selflessness of all dharmas, and silence of nirvana).
By Masanobu Ando
侘び (wabi), the famous Japanese tea man Senritsu created the tea, which is to integrate the spirit with the beauty of tea pursuit, the original Japanese meaning is をそそうに, 下を律宜に (rough on the outside, perfect on the inside). Therefore, "侘" roughly means "the beauty of simple and simple elegance".
寂び (sabi), also written in the ancient language as qiāng (oxidized metal), means "old, rusty". We can think of "silence" as representing the passing of time and the impermanence of all things.
Therefore, the so-called "silence" is an active aesthetic, with an aesthetic attitude that is more sensitive than ordinary people to look at the world. In many cases, beauty is a consensus of people, and it is natural to write beautiful things as beautiful. And to find beauty in something that others can't see is an active aesthetic.
In the vernacular, silence is the experience of finding beauty through human observation and feeling, in a mainstream aesthetic that is considered to be very ordinary, even mutilated and ugly.
For example, IKEA furniture, Apple mobile phones, MUJI, etc., we are very familiar with the products, and their design inspiration comes from the japanese silence.
When the world's mainstream product design is doing addition, designers in order to attract the attention of consumers, for the product to add fancy design, the above brand design concept is the opposite, design style is two words - concise.
The superficial meaning of the beauty of silence lies in quiet, rustic, and restrained.
In the essay "Yin Yi Li Praise" by the Japanese aesthetic literary master Junichiro Tanizaki, it is repeatedly mentioned that rough and primitive things, in the physical and cultural environment of "darkness", natural loss will derive a quiet, intrinsic beauty - beauty exists in the ripples and light and shade of the yin and the material.
"They are cut to their essence, but they do not lose their charm; they remain pure, but they are not deprived of their vitality." (Leonard Coren)
But to truly understand loneliness, it is also necessary to understand the inevitability of death in nature. This is the deeper meaning of the beauty of silence, that is, transience, mutilation, impermanence.
In Japan, indentations and uneven shapes are not seen as wrong, but rather as products of nature. "Silence" is more aimed at incomplete things, emphasizing the vicissitudes and loneliness brought about by the passage of time, and advocating the imperfection and asymmetry of invisible beauty.
Andrew Juniper also points out in his book Silence: The Art of Japanese Impermanence: "It ... With an uncompromising touch of death, the mind is focused on the exquisite, ephemeral beauty of all impermanence."
In isolation, the natural model is purely beautiful, but understanding the beauty of nature is short and fleeting, we will realize the impermanence of all things and eventually inevitable death, and the beauty of nature will have a profound meaning.
The "Silence" of Life
Japanese culture does not see nature merely as a dangerous and destructive force, but rather as a source of beauty that is appreciated in detail. Nature becomes a provider of colours, designs and patterns, a source of inspiration, a force that works in tandem with people rather than confrontation.
Tea ceremony and silence
Originally, the Japanese did not drink tea, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of China to the Sui Dynasty, tea was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese aristocracy imitated the Chinese scholars, not only drinking tea, but also popular luxury tea rooms.
During the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period, Toyotomi even set up a golden tea room made entirely of gold at the Kitano Grand Tea Party, which was extremely luxurious.
The modern replica gold tea room used 16,500 gold leaf
However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tea master, the originator of the Japanese tea ceremony, Senritsu, was ingenious, simplifying the tea ceremony, using simple props, building a simple tea room, and choosing a completely opposite style of painting, transforming Chinese tea culture into a new Japanese culture.
He advocated the use of small but simple tea rooms, and replaced the luxurious utensils from China with simple and rustic bamboo tea sets or everyday objects.
On the left is the tea vessel of Qianlixiu, and on the right is the black glazed bowl of the Southern Song Dynasty
Qian Lixiu felt that the essence of the tea ceremony should lie in the tea itself, not in the exquisite tea sets and luxurious tea rooms. Therefore, he wants to deny the aesthetic of the "golden house", negate luxury with simplicity, deny complexity with simplification, and point directly to the spirit of the source, which is the embodiment of "loneliness".
Since then, Japanese craftsmen have begun to create hand-kneaded bending marks on tea bowls, or deliberately retain the natural texture of uneven glaze flow when applying glazes, and the rough and obscure feel and the obscure luster that is never dazzling reflects the highest realm of high and dry, frugal and clumsy in the aesthetics of "Yu Lonely", since then, the Japanese tea ceremony has also departed from Chinese tea culture and created a tea ceremony with Zen meaning.
It is said that modern people's desire for material things is endless, and in order not to be overwhelmed by material desires, we need to find ourselves spiritually, which is why "silence" is popular. When we pursue a life of silence, we no longer blindly pursue the fleeting trend, but pay more attention to the material properties of the object itself.
For example, we no longer like flowers and greenery, printed with a big logo, but prefer solid color clothes. For example, we prefer to leave the hustle and bustle of the city and go to the remote mountains and forests to restore ourselves. "Silence" allows modern people to maintain a balance between material and spiritual balance, so these years have also begun to become popular in the world and gain more admiration.
Understanding the back of the "silence", perhaps you can also understand why Musk will post to emphasize these two words, it is not good that Musk will emerge more "silent" products in the future, in other words, will you like the Tesla of the "silence" wind?
That's all
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