On Li Yu's Environment Aesthetic Idea In The Ming And Qing Dynasties

The contemporary environment aesthetics requires the traditional aesthetics to breakthrough its narrow limit, expanding its horizon to the entire environment field. In a certain sense, the emerging environment aesthetics is a kind of amendment and contradiction to the traditional aesthetics. Generally speaking, the environment is the subject of environment aesthetics research, that is to say, how to aesthetically apperceive environment, how to design environment and the aesthetic value of the environment. The so-called environment, not only include the natural environment, but also include rural environment, the garden environment, urban environment and the living room environment. In this thesis, the environment primarily implies the natural environment, the garden environment and the living room environment.The thesis tries to put Li Yu into the overall context and framework of the Ming and Qing Dynasties environment aesthetics idea to study his environment aesthetic idea. The thesis is divided into three chapters. Chapter 1 on how to aesthetically apperceive environment. On the basis of widely collecting a lot of travel and landscape poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ,the thesis will organize briefly the Ming and Qing Dynasties environment aesthetic model and sum up three environment aesthetic model: the environment aesthetic model to man as a reference model ,the environment aesthetic model to art as a reference model and the aesthetic empathy of environment aesthetic model. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Li Yu customarily refer to the art to apperceive surrounding environment.This is inseparable from the fact that Li Yu has the high degree art literacy. The second chapter on the environment aesthetic value. The thesis generalizes the environment aesthetic value of the the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the end to the high in three levels: the first level, from the physical, outside the beauty of the natural environment, appreciating the beauty of the natural landscape can not only ease the fatigue, restore health and strenthen physique, but also keep away from all kinds of illnesses and recuperate body and mind. The second level, the spiritual level, enjoying the natural landscape can clean up one's heart, free from earthliness and make one not seek fame and wealth. The third level, outside the beautiful environment can raise his days(yang qi tian ni), so as to wander the Taixu realm. What kind of environment aesthetic value varies from person to person.On the Li Yu, the environment aesthetic value can be summarized in the following two points: First, experienceing natural landscape, not only can free from illnesses and retard aging ,but also has good health function. This unique environment aesthetic value of Li Yu has something to do with attaching importance to the regimen in his daily lives. Secondly, experienceing natural landscapes, can trigger certain kind of moral sentiment. The thesis believes that the natural landscape triggering Li Yu's sentiment has something to do with his personal experience. Chapter III on how to design environment. In the context of the Li Yu's times ,the thesis generalizes Li Yu's environment design principles for three profiles,that is, borrowing landscape, adjusting measures to local condition (yin di zhi yi)and refering to the art. On this basis, the thesis also discuss Li Yu's personal characteristics of the environment design and the reason.It is believed that the aesthetic fashion of the day and Li Yu's artistic personality influences his personal characteristics of environment design.In short, Li Yu is an outstanding representative of environment aesthetic in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.His environment aesthetic ideas has rich content, taking on highly personalized features. Deeply studying Li Yu's environment aesthetic idea, not only help us to understand the environment aesthetic of the Ming and Qing Dynasties generally, but also provide some inspiration for the construction of the ascendant environment aesthetics.