Aesthetics Interpretations Of Chuang-tzu By Hong Kong/Taiwan And Overseas Chinese Scholars

In recent 60 years, a rich achievement in the interpretation of Chuang-tzu Aesthetics has been obtained by Hong Kong/Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Scholars, which plays an important role in the study of Chuang-tzu not only in the 20th century but also throughout the whole history of modern Chinese aesthetics. This dissertation is a kind of academic history study, with the accomplishment of Chuang-tzu Aesthetic interpretation by the scholars in Hong Kong and Taiwan and overseas Chinese as the study object, this dissertation aims to explore how the Thoughts of Chuang-tzu has been illuminated and effectively implanted into the aesthetic foundation in the regions by tracing its historical development and inquiring into its problematic issues. This study is featured for overall investigation into the related accomplishments illuminated by the case study, such as studies done by scholars like Fang Dongmei, Tang Junyi, Xu Fuguan, and Wai-lim Yip, etc. Fang Dongmei and Tang Junyi could be regarded as the transitional figure in introducing Chuang-tzu Aesthetics from mainland China to Hong Kong and Taiwan, since they successfully explicate Chuang-tzu from philosophical aesthetics perspective and highlight the life spirit of Chuang-tzu. Xu Fuguan not only constructs Chuang-tzu's "the essence of arts"in the view of "On Humanity", but also straightens out the Chuang-tzu thoughts exerted on the history of Chinese landscape painting. Thus, his explanation bears the tendency of connection between Confucianism and Taoism. Wai-lim Yip puts taoistic aesthetics into practice who infuses the explications of Chuang-tzu with modern poetics. It is him who reveals the influence of taoistic aesthetics upon western academic field in comparative poetics in various perspectives, thus convincingly demonstrating the modern significance of Taoistic Aesthetics worldwide. Hong Kong/Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Scholars'particular Interpretation methods and theories proposition provide for construction of Chinese modern aesthetics the available resource.