The Aesthetic Experience Of Xing(兴)——a Comparative Study Of Chinese XieYi (写意) Tradition And Modern Western Expressive Art

There are three kind of rhetoric methods which are fu(赋)、bi (比)、xing(兴)in poetics of ancient China. The meaning of fu(赋)、bi(比) are obvious, but the meaning of xing(兴) is confused or obscured ancient Chinese literature and art history. In this paper, the author found that xing(兴)as an aesthetic concept is based on intuitive aesthetic experience through the study of literature. The aesthetic experience of xing(兴)has the universal meaning in human race, rather than unique to the Chinese culture. On the other hand, corresponding to the aesthetic experience of xing(兴),the theory of embodied knowledge are becoming more important in modern western, and have turned into academic frontier. Therefore, the aesthetic experience of xing(兴)is an aesthetic concept that is modern, and international. This paper based on the concept of xing(兴)further explores its aesthetic significance, and takes it into the study of art, for a comparative study of Chinese XieYi(写意)tradition and Western expressive art and performance. It succeeds the tradition to use poetics to study the painting in ancient China. This paper is the inheritance and the development of this tradition. In this way, we can re-evoke the confidence of our national culture through the interaction of two cultures. Furthermore, this study can further explore the core problem of painting study in our culture.