The Research Of Image Morals In The Books Of Rites· Yueji

Rites·yueji is one of the classics of ancient Chinese literary theories. Image Morals is an important part of literary theory in Yueji. There are about six hundred characters in Rites·Yueji, among which there are about twenty items talking about music. In general, Image Morals and Inside Harmony are the most important essence. The predecessors study Yueji, mainly focusing on Inside Harmony. There is only one essay among four hundred modern academic papers talking about Image Morals, which is also very superficial. Image Morals at least includes four parts, which are as follows: Ontology, music is the symbol of morals; Works theory, moral music is real music, music is used to express morals; Creative theory, morals is the beginning of one's character and music is the flowers of morals; Functionalism, people's behavior is following monarch's morals, teaching people to control their likes and dislikes and go back to normal life. Ontology emphasizes Image Morals is the real music, Works theory emphasizes Image is used to express Morals, Creative theory emphasizes we make morals become image, Functionalism emphasizes people get Morals by Image. This article mainly talks about function teleology and creation methodology. Then further discusses the spiritual connection between Image Morals and Chinese ancient literary theory.The concept of Morals is gradually blending with the rulers'ideology at least from Zhou gong's making rites and music. Image Morals holds the idea that rites and music must conform to morals, which means music should express morals, emphasizing music's social function. In the mean time, the articles get morals by the form of musical image. Image is the starting point of Chinese ancient philosophical thinking, which has great bearing and reference function to Chinese ancient society and culture."Taking Image as Morals"takes Confucian rites & music culture as its core, focusing on the relation between moral principles and rites & music culture, linking art and morals, music and rites through image. Image takes on double meaning: symbols and deep structures. Its intrinsic moral reflects in "imagery metaphors" way of thinking. Yueji gives musical image a wide range of symbolic significance. Yuexiang talks about music image which is a special image and refers to the meaning of musical image, taking morals as the real purpose: music is the flower of morals, music is the expression of heart, voice is the image of music, and literary rhythm is adornment of voice. When people make music, they follow their mind, express it by music.Image Morals Politico-religious utility theory in Yueji has clear requirements towards literature ideological content and art form standard. Image Morals pursues gentle morals and authenticity and practicability in literature ideological content. In art form standard, Yueji refers to wen or zhi .Wen as a form is also used to express morals. While rites advocate zhi, it also focuses on morals. The inner meaning of wen&zhi takes morals as final purpose. Yueji advocates ancient music and elegant music, which showed the emperors'good behaviors and virtues. Yueji demotes new music and takes morals as the essence of music, to some extent, sacrificing literary aesthetic function, which has far-reaching influence on back-to-the-ancients ideology.'Gentle morals can breed good music'indicates that art form is finally established.'Morals first, Skills second'emphasizes creative authors, whose inner virtues decides whether or not the article can be revealed perfectly, also referring to"character and opinions".