Dickinson said: Beauty is not artificially created, but inherent; and Zhu Guangqian believes that the sociality of beauty is not in the natural object itself, but in the aesthetic subject.
Pi Weng said: Beauty is another form of goodness; and Zhu Guangqian believes that truth, goodness and beauty are all values set by people, not the inherent characteristics of things.
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As the founder of modern Chinese aesthetics, Zhu Guangqian has many unique views on "beauty", today, let's take a look at the "beauty" discussed by Mr. Zhu Guangqian, what kind of existence.
Mr. Zhu Guangqian is a famous contemporary aesthetic master in China, and his "On Beauty" was written in 1932 and is a small book of aesthetics entry level.
In 1932, China was in the midst of a turbulent era. In those years of fear, Zhu Guangqian wanted to write something to comfort the young people of the country who were becoming more and more afraid, impetuous, melancholy, and dazed.
Zhu Guangqian believes that the chinese society at that time was more important than "people's hearts are too bad." Zhu Guang's potential book also mentions that the badness of people's hearts is not exempt from vulgarity.
Therefore, in that extraordinary period, at the critical juncture of survival, it seems somewhat inappropriate to come to "talk about beauty", and he wants to let the confused people break free from the cage of reality and realize the true meaning of life from "beauty".
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Beauty is no better than other things, you can see and touch, there is something, there is nothing is nothing. Beauty needs to be captured and discovered by ourselves, and this process requires us to calm down and need certain skills.
The first way is to jump out and observe. That is to say, to maintain the right distance to look objectively, too close or too far will affect our perspective and hinder our appreciation.
The second way is to drill in for an experience. It means projecting one's own emotions onto the thing.
"The lover's eyes out of xi shi" can best reflect this psychology, we all know that the beauty of the lover can not really be compared to the xi shi, but because you like, you inject too much emotion into the other party, you will have a feeling of pity for each other, the feeling of communication.
In the practical and scientific world, things are meaningd by their relationship with other things, and have no meaning when isolated and insulated; but in the world of aesthetics it can be isolated and insulated, but it can have value in itself.
Looking at it this way, we can say that beauty is the most valuable aspect of things, and the experience of beauty is the most valuable aspect of life.
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Farmers often envy readers, and readers often envy farmers. The yellow beam turbid wine next to the bamboo hedge melon rack and the mountain treasure seafood in the Zhumen Mansion are better than those tasted by the authorities.
To see the beauty of the thing itself, it must be seen at an appropriate distance.
First of all, the creation of beauty requires some ingenuity.
The spirit of craftsmanship emphasizes ingenuity, which is a fine attitude, which includes innovation and the ability to dare to break through the convention.
Beauty needs such ingenuity, and we also need this kind of ingenuity to pay attention to refinement, seriousness and perseverance.
Second, the creation of beauty requires some spirituality and permanence.
Zhu Guang's potential book mentions that articles are taboo and indiscriminate, and life is also taboo. Vulgarity is the fact that you have no true colors and follow the stereotypes of others. Xi Shi suffers from heart disease and often raises his eyebrows, which is naturally revealed, so it is more and more beautiful. Dong Shi has no heart disease, and the posture of strong learning to hold his heart and eyebrows can only cause people to dislike. In Xi Shi is creation, in Dong Shi is a cliché. The overtonement begins with the dryness of life, which is also the manifestation of hypocrisy.
"Hypocritical performance" is "ugly," Croce has already said. "Wind on the water, natural patterns", the beauty of the article is so. The same is true of the wonders of life. In what position and what kind of person. How to feel interesting. How to show the style of words and deeds, so that people will feel its harmony and integrity at first sight, which is the life of art.
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The so-called aesthetic experience, in Zhu Guangqian's view, is just in the concentration of concentration, my interest and the interest of things flow back and forth.
When you are happy, the earth, mountains and rivers are raising their eyebrows and smiling; when they are sad, the winds, clouds, flowers and birds are sighing and frowning. The candle can weep when the farewell is over, and Aoyama also nods when he is happy. Liu Shu is sometimes "light and crazy", and the evening peak is sometimes "clear and bitter". Why does Tao Yuanming love Ju because he sees the strength of the lone minister in the remnants of the proud frost; lin he loves Mei because he sees the high standard of the hermit in the shadow of the dark incense.
Different people have different views on beauty: an ancient tree, three people of different identities to see, get different answers, the timber merchant sees it and thinks about how much money it can sell, the botanist thinks about what plant subject it belongs to, and the painter thinks after seeing it, what kind of work can be created with it. Different identities, when looking at things, naturally get different results.
To appreciate beauty is to appreciate beauty itself, not to be affected by any other identity or condition.
Because truth, goodness, and beauty are all values set by people, not the inherent characteristics of things.
If there is only one person in the world, he cannot have moral activity, because there is a father and a son who have compassion and filial piety, and a friend who has faith and righteousness. But this imaginary solitary man can also have artistic activities, he can also appreciate the world in which he lives, and he can also create works. The value of goodness is "external" and the value of beauty is "internal".
After reading this book, it seems to understand some reasons, Zhu Guangqian followed the questions of where beauty comes from, what beauty is, and the characteristics of beauty, and put forward the ideal goal of his aesthetic research - "the artistry of life". Mr. Zhu spoke in a tone of voice to an old friend, infiltrating his profound understanding of the relationship between art and life into a simple and fresh text, and the book finally called on people to "walk slowly and appreciate", believing that "there is creation in appreciation, and there is appreciation in creation".