Yang Zhu's Study Of The Aesthetics Of The Subject's Life

Yang Zhu is the representative of Taoist school in the Warring States Period.The core content of Yang Zhu's aesthetic thought can be summarized as "the extension of subjective life".The so-called "the extension of subjective life" which refers to the subject of life self Ereignis of life existence in nature;It refers to the existence consciousness of the subjective life with the realization of the nature of life as the internal purpose in subject.The extension of subjective life as the aesthetic activity,is the whole life activity of the main body with self existence as its basic connotation in reality;In essence,it is the whole life progress of the nature of life completely Ereignis to the real world.The interweaving of nature and subjectivity of life constitutes the root of the complexity and uniqueness of Yang Zhu's aesthetic thoughts.The aesthetic thought of Yang Zhu's the extension of subjective life includes aesthetic experience,aesthetic value and aesthetic realm and so on.The aesthetic experience of Yang Zhu's extension of subjective life is based on"self freely" which surrounds the relationships between object and me,name and me,desire and me to spread and it mainly includes“no tie between me and object",“no injury between me and name" and "no harm between me and desire" and so on.As a whole,the main characteristics of the“self freely”is“laid tired aside”.The“removing tie”is the main characteristic of Yang Zhu aesthetic experience of the "self freely”,The aesthetic value of Yang Zhu's main life extension is based on "preserving life nature" which mainly includes the reality of the extension of subjective life,the integrity and nature of the value of the pursuit of life.Among them,the reality is the most basic aesthetic value and it is also the premise and basis to realize the aesthetic value of integrity and the aesthetic value of nature.The aesthetic value of integrity can be regarded as the integrity of the aesthetic value and the aesthetic value of nature.The natural aesthetic value is the value end of Yang Zhu's the extension of subjective life.The aesthetic realm of Yang Zhu's extension of subjective life embodies as "self entertainment”as a whole,the life existing state of“freedom”or“enjoy oneself' which specifically included“value themselves",“self comfort",“self amusement”and so on.The main feature of Yang Zhu's extension of subjective life is the earthly character and natural character.The most prominent character of aesthetic realm of Yang Zhu's extension of subjective life contains a kind of strong sense of“self ' consciousness.The“self”consciousness performance as the life state of the nature of life is bound to self Ereignis to the real world in nature.But in subjectivity,it shows that the life state of the subjective life constantly returning to its nature consciousness.Yang Zhu's aesthetic thought inherits Lao Tzu's thought and has significant“road”differences with Chuang-tzu.Lao Tzu's aesthetic thought has been developed in the Warring States period.Not only does it has the way of "Lao Tzu-Chuang-tzu”in the spiritual life of the subject,but also it has the path of "Lao Tzu-Yang Zhu5”to manifest the real life of the subject.Yang Zhu,s aesthetic thought,especially his“lust”,has a profound influence on later generations.