Sorting Out And Studying On The Esthetics Text In "the Eastern Miscellany"

The theory of Chinese present-day literature should be formed at the end of Qing dynasty even earlier. Because it was the time which requested transforms. The social foundation that a nation relies on (etc. economy, politics, society, and so on) had deeply changed. We must try to find these changes from the situation, the materials and the publication of opinions that reflect the real society. The theory of Chinese modern esthetics should not avoid this important time, either. As "the Eastern Miscellany" taking a strategic place among the other kinds of magazines, it started publication early and lasting for almost the longest time. From these two aspects, it surpasses the other important magazine---"New youth", which was also the important one for studying Chinese modern literature. The full and accurate materials in "the Eastern Miscellany" can draw the trace of the western esthetics entering China and describe the early style of merging with the Chinese esthetics. Therefore, sorting out and studying on the esthetics text in "the Eastern Miscellany" will be helpful to us to understand the historical linguistic background at that time. At the same time, by studying "Eastern Miscellany", w e c a n k n o w t h e w h o l e p r o c e s s i o n o f t h e w e s t e r n esthetics'taking root, blossoming and harvesting in China.From "Eastern Miscellany" which carries a great deal of academic thought, we can discover that the new thought widely entering into China at the end of Qing dynasty. The swarming of western esthetics might produce a certain effect on perfecting the Chinese classical esthetics, simultaneously it has pulled the beginning curtain of building the theory of Chinese modern esthetics.