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The Modern Interpretation Of Laozi's Aesthetic Of Life

Posted on:2011-05-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360308983772Subject:Aesthetics
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Laozi's thought all summarized in the Laozi. As a pioneer of life aesthetic idea and representatives, Laozi has an important position in Chinese philosophy and aesthetics. In spite of this book just five thousand words, but it contains abundance aesthetic implication of life. Even you can say, Laozi is a philosophy of life and life's aesthetics, it can help contemporary society's people enhance their own aesthetic cultivation. Through the modern interpretation of Laozi ,it contains four aspects to research: the pursuit of life realm, the pursuit life values, perfect character building and aesthetic experiences. It can enhance our aesthetic cultivation, excite our soul, enrich our emotions, and to enhance our spiritual realm. This article contains four parts for discussion. The first is the introduction of article: Dao is the source of life and beauty. Laozi considers that Dao is not only the core areas of aesthetics, but also the core areas of Chinese aesthetics. Laozi thinks that Dao is the universe's substrate. Then the text discuss from three parts. The first part illustrates from two aspects, the one is from Dao is the highest state of life and beauty. The pursuit of natural state, and the second is from transcend all aesthetic state .In chinesephilosophy, stature is mean that where people's soul arrived. The second Part From two aspects to illustrates life's aesthetic trend ,the first is from the human's important role in Laozi's aesthetic of life, and the second is from Construction of ideal personality. People have very important role in Laozi. Aesthetic activity can't happen if haven't people. And sage is the delegate of ideal personality. The third part from four aspects to discuss the life aesthetic experience: the taste tasteless, follow nature regular, keep pure conception, keep inner peace and ylee. In Chinese aesthetics, appreciation of the beauty is to pursue the freedom of people's soul, it's perception of life's meaning in the twinkling of an eye.
Keywords/Search Tags:Life aesthetics, Dao, Nature, Nature and man in one, Taste tasteless, ylee
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