The Fusion Of Aesthetic Education And Moral Education In Zhu Guangqian’s Aesthetics (1924-1949)

Zhu Guangqian’s aesthetic thought is deeply influenced by Chinese and Western cultures.When citing Western aesthetics,it is integrates with the outstanding cultural traditions of China.In Zhu Guangqian’s early aesthetics,the relationship between aesthetic education and moral education is one of the core issues.Starting from the relationship between aesthetics and self-cultivation,he discusses the issues of aesthetic education and moral education.It is based on emotion,and the basis of reason is rational.The " morality according to hear" is better than“morality according principle”.He believes that to cultivate ethical people,they must first cultivate them into people with aesthetic feelings,wash people’s hearts and purify people’s hearts.Zhu Guangqian potentially emphasizes the independence of aesthetics and the non-utilitarian nature of aesthetics,while at the same time affirms the relationship between art and morality.He focuses on the proposition of "life’s poeticizing" and regards life as an organic whole,affirmed the intrinsic and close connection between morality and art.Through the analysis of Zhu Guangqian’s "aesthetic education" theory,it can be affirmed that aesthetic education can make people achieve the perfection of life,cultivate the body and mind and character,and promote the formation of moral personality.At the same time,aesthetic education has emotional liberation and vision.The liberation function of liberation and natural restrictions.According to the analysis of aesthetic education as the basis of moral education,Zhu Guangqian proposes the cultural ideal of aesthetic education and moral education through the theory of small to large,from individual to society.Zhu Guangqian advocates the life of transcendental independence and Watching the life of the play,with the spirit of being born;Based on the social status quo of national peril,people’s livelihood and suffering,he shouted to awaken people through the aesthetic education to transform the world and do the cause of integration into the world.At the individual level,the pursuit of personal "highest virtuous" with free activities and tempting life,at the national level,ritual music as two major tools to regulate people’s passions to make people’s development positive.Zhu Guangqian affirms that etiquette and music itself is internal and external,and complements each other."Etiquettel" must generate emotions from the heart,not by external binding force.A society with ideals or ideals must have the spirit of spirit and ritual spirit.Seeking harmony in conflict,seeking order in chaos,and personal or national cultivation to achieve such astate is the most perfect.In Zhu Guangqian’s early aesthetic thoughts,the highest life realm is the unity of aesthetic education and moral education,and the highest national realm is also the fusion of aesthetic education and moral education.This viewpoint has important implications for the construction of contemporary aesthetic education theory.