The Research On The Aesthetic Empathy Theory Under Chinese Cultural Background

The paper starts with the ideology empathy theory, which is part of the cultural background of the Chinese aesthetic empathy theory, dealing with the empathy theory of art, nature and literature appreciation. It also compares the western and the Chinese aesthetic empathy theories. The art empathy theory talks about the theory of music ,art and calligraphy .The music empathy theory covers different manifestation forms in course of creating, playing and appreciating music,the subjective and objective conditions, function and the relation between music empathy and insight. Art and calligraphy empathy discusses the state of empathy. Nature empathy theory deals with different kinds of natural beauty, the relation between nature empathy and living in seclusion , the relation between the nature empathy and virtue and the relation between the nature empathy and literature creation. Literature empathy talks about the state and conditions of empathy. The Chinese aesthetic empathy theory and the western aesthetic empathy theory share the same idea in the description of the state of empathy .But there are some differences between the two in tendency, subject, connotation and cultural background. The author can draw a conclusion that the Chinese empathy theory appeared early , with rich and profound connotation, and that the domain of the Chinese aesthetic empathy theory is very wide. The Chinese aesthetic empathy theory emphasizes the emotion experience of the person. The feeling flows between the person and the subject. The beauty of the subject excites the person, and then the person empathize his feeling into the subject. Finally the two are introjected. Empathy in the Chinese empathy theory also means changing the disposition the person, showing moralizing meaning of the Chinese Confucian.