Research On Aesthetic Consciousness In Wangwei's Seclusion Thought

More than one thousand ago in Tang dynasty,lots of literati withdrew from the society and lived in Zhongnan mountain for different reasons,Wang Wei was one of them.Wang Wei's seclusion thought,which obtained from the comprehensive research of confucianist,buddhism and taoism,has his personal characteristic.On one hand,his thought owned some confucian feelings about concerning national interest and people's livelihood,on the other hand,it included leisurely thoughts of buddhism and taoism.The aesthetic consciousness of the special thought reflected in three aspects,natural aesthetic consciousness,religious aesthetic consciousness and social aesthetic consciousness.Artistic creation of the nature reflected Wang Wei's feeling of scenery,therefore,the scenery in Wang Wei's paintings combined paintings' intuition and poem's artistic conception.Besides the peaceful and beautiful nature,his works always showed his own philosophical thought.Which means from the natural scenery,not only the pleasure of soul,but also a character that mixed Wang Wei himself with the scenery he obtained.Therefore,Wang Wei himself and the outside world reached a perfect unity and real equality.The mixture of confucianist,buddhism and taoism formed his abundant and plentiful philosophical concepts.No matter live in seclusion or society,confucianist occupied a main position and others were a habitat of spirit.He comprehended the quintessence of Zhuangzi and Zen,used the thought of them to research the philosophic theory.In a quiet living state,he transform the religious experience of Zen to a kind of aesthetic experience,in this way he showed his hell-for-leather pursuit to an aesthetic realm that mixed the scenery with his soul.For personality,Wang Wei spent his all lifetime on practicing his own moral character and running after his individuality to be an sage of confucianist.For sociality,Wang Wei also spent his all lifetime to realizing his theory of benevolent government although his politics result had a little deviation with his ideal.He encountered the difficulty in his official career and realized the value orientation of harmonious soul with a gentle and integrity character.A word “fickleness” appears lots in Chinese “National Character Criticism”.And the silent Zhong Nan Mountain becomes more and more noisy.In our era,science and technology develop rapidly,meanwhile,culture decays,and treasure becomes more and more,meanwhile,spirit loses.“spiritual crisis” permeates around our contemporary people.Therefore,people need returning our spiritual homeland,moreover,Wang Wei's reclusive ideology and aesthetic consciousness of it has an important enlightenment for us to realize morality,serenity and poetic inhabitation.