Cover news reporter Zhang Jie intern Li Xinyue
Mr. Li Zehou passed away at 7:00 a.m. Colorado time on November 3, at the age of 91. When the news came, it quickly swiped the screen.
Li Zehou is the only scholar among contemporary Chinese scholars who can have such an "out of the circle" effect.
But anyone who has a little feeling for literature and literature and reads some books will basically not miss the name "Li Zehou".
In the 1980s, Li Zehou was a veritable cultural figure in academia and reading circles. His "Critique of Critical Philosophy: A Review of Kant" and "The Course of Beauty" have had a great influence and have been used to this day.
Born on June 13, 1930 in Changsha, Hunan Province, Li Zehou graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Peking University in 1954, and was a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an academician of the International Academy of Philosophy in Paris, and an honorary doctor of literature at the Colorado College in the United States.
"The Course of Beauty" is a literary and artistic theoretical work created by Li Zehou, first published in 1981. The main content of the book is divided into 10 parts: (1) Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance, (2) Bronze Gluttony, (3) Pre-Qin Rational Spirit, (4) Chu and Han Romanticism, (5) Wei and Jin Demeanor, (6) Buddha Shirong, (7) Sheng Tang Sound, (8) Rhyme Outside, (9) Song and Yuan Landscape Artistic Conception, (10) Ming and Qing Dynasty Literary and Artistic Trends. As a broad outline of the history of Chinese aesthetics, Li Zehou shows a profound and unique vision in this book, and his majestic and condensed brushstrokes, from the ancient totem of the dragon flying phoenix dance to the Ming and Qing dynasties, macroscopically describes the process of the occurrence, formation and flow of the Aesthetic Consciousness of the Chinese Nation, pointing out that this is also the accumulation process of national aesthetic consciousness characterized by practical rationality, and sketching an overall outline for the history of Chinese aesthetics.
This book laid a solid theoretical foundation for the discussion of Chinese aesthetics in the new era. A few years later, the "Film Aesthetics" organized by the famous writer Zhong Acheng's father, Zhong Yitang, was also influenced by it.
Although this is an academic monograph, Li Zehou exerts his literary style in his writing, and there are rich sparks of thought flashing between the lines, which contain profound academic wisdom, which has become a landmark achievement in the aesthetic fever of the late 1980s and influenced generations of young people.
Mr. Li Zehou passed away. Netizens have left messages:
"The Course of Beauty opened my interest in reading philosophy. High school to college, Sartre... Freud... Wang Yangming... Western philosophy to traditional Chinese philosophy to religious philosophy... It was philosophy that brought me rebellious and brought me back to normal. "Around the age of 20, I was inspired to watch "The Course of Beauty", thanks to Mr. Li Zehou!" "The fall of Li Zehou is the end of an era of aesthetics. The journey of beauty never ends. "Mr. Li's 'The Course of Beauty' was extremely well written, and he made a special reading note at that time."
Born in 1994, reader "Cloth Wash Horse" sent a paragraph to the cover news reporter, explaining the influence of Li Zehou's works on himself, "For me, Mr. Li Zehou's works have shifted my reading interest from previous modern and contemporary literary treatises to aesthetics — especially classical Chinese aesthetics. I realized that classical Chinese literature and art (including painting, modeling, calligraphy and other art disciplines) is a comprehensive thing. Literature cannot be viewed separately and individually. It was the spirit of the whole era that gave the aura (spiritual rhyme). It was also after reading Mr. Li Zehou's works that I began to contact and read Feng Youlan's "History of Chinese Philosophy" and Zong Baihua's "Art Realm". Li Zehou was the guide who opened my reading of classical literature and art. ”
Excerpt from "The Course of Beauty":
Humans start with animals. In order to get rid of the animal state, human beings initially used barbaric, almost animal-like means, which is the historical truth.
The more society develops and civilization progresses, the more it can appreciate and evaluate this lofty and fierce beauty.
Only it is true that people are bound to die, and only a short life is always filled with so many sorrows and misfortunes of life and death. If that's the case, why not grab a life and enjoy it? Why not value your own life? Therefore, "the days are short and the nights are long, why not swim with candles"; "It is better to drink fine wine, be served and vegetarian"; "Why not be high-minded, first according to Lujin" - to say crisply, frankly, directly and undisguisedly. On the surface, it seems to be shamelessly coveting pleasure and corruption and degeneration, but in fact, on the contrary, it profoundly expressed the vigorous pursuit of life and life under the specific historical conditions at that time.
The reason why beauty is not a general form, but a so-called "meaningful form", is that it is a natural form that accumulates social content.
The spark of the spirit of the times is condensed here, accumulated, circulated and infected people's thoughts, emotions, concepts, and ideas, often making people sing three sighs and nostalgia. What we have to hurry through here is such a beautiful journey. So, where do you have to start? It has to start with a time that is too distant to remember.
<b>[If you have a news thread, please report to us, once adopted, there is a fee reward.] WeChat feed follows: ihxdsb, report qq: 3386405712].</b>