There have been a lot of researches on Zhuxi`s the art&diterature thought in philosophical aspect, but not in aesthetical aspect, which is partly by reason of Lee theory`s underestimation about literature and art. Zhuxi`s attitude to literature and ar...
There have been a lot of researches on Zhuxi`s the art&diterature thought in philosophical aspect, but not in aesthetical aspect, which is partly by reason of Lee theory`s underestimation about literature and art. Zhuxi`s attitude to literature and art is more positive than that of Lee theory`s in North Song Dynasty. We could understand his thought more clearly through his own definition of Truth, Good, and Beauty which found aesthetic rule of literature and art. Zhuxi not only acknowledges role of literature and art, but also prescribes immanent rule of art as means of mind-cultivation. that About Truth, Good, and Beauty, Zhuxi notes good work stems from genuine emotion, whereas bad one stems from false emotion and is made in artificial way, which need to be corrected, ``genuine emotion means real and true feeling. He notes that art work should express genuine emotion by all means, and only in that case get true life. Artist should create art work through his own true feeling, and only in that case grant his work true life. If he counter to natural order or try to restrict it, Truth cannot be the premise of Beauty as natural order. Good and Beauty are differentiated and connected each other at the same time. Zhuxi distinguishes sensuous beauty from ethical beauty for the first time, and consider they have different social functions. Zhuxi note that the unity of Good and Beauty is acted and developed through the unity of Moon and Tao.(文道統一). Good, the ethical, is from the harmony of natural Tao and social Tao, and Beauty is its form. The harmony of content of Good with form of Beauty requires the harmony of content of Tao with form of Moon. Zhuxi`s definition of Beauty is developed out of Confucianism, and his though of the relation of Truth, Good, and Beauty has characteristic of classical aesthetics of ancient China.