Research Of Yan Zhitui's Aesthetic Concept

Due to the differences of regional environment,production methods and cultural environment,the cultures of South and North China have some differences,and gradually formed the aesthetic thoughts of "elegant" in the south and " sublime " in the north.However,the North and South cultures are generally integrated.The period of Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties was an important period for convergence of aesthetic thoughts between the South and the North.Yan Zhitui,who lived in the early years of the Southern Dynasties,was influenced by the elegant style of the Southern Dynasties,the poetry has a side of the script Reflections on the Aesthetic Concept in his Certain Period.The traditional concept of Confucianism occupies a dominant position in his thinking,Serving the country and reviving the family business can be said to be the greatest ideals in his life.Due to the turbulent society,the origins of Yan's family studies and the life experience from the south to the north,Yan Zhitui Can identify the gains and losses of the North-South culture,and shaping his aesthetic concept.Yan Zhitui's poems,Guan Wo Sheng Fu and Yan Shi Jia Xun are very important achievement of Yan Zhitui,which is not only the condensation of his life thinking,but also the reflection of his Aesthetic Concept.This article was prepared to study Yan Zhitui's Aesthetic Concept from four aspects.The first chapter analyzes Forming factors of Yan Zhitui's Aesthetic Concept.Specific time background,family environment,and life experience play an important role in Yan Zhitui's thoughts and are also important factors in the formation of his aesthetic concepts.The second chapter analyzes the natural and xiaosan aesthetic concept of Yan Zhitui's poetry.Because Yan Zhitui was influenced by the style of the Southern Dynasties in the early years,the poetry of the early period had the aesthetic characteristics of the rhetoric elegant,but its overall style can be summed up as a natural and xiaosan aesthetic concept."I love the Xiao San,and seems to be in my eyes”is Yan Zhitui's Pursuit of Poetic Art Aesthetics,That is Natural and rustic beauty,the natural implication of the world and the natural nature are the artistic sublimation of Yanzhitui's talent;Xiao Xuan Xuanyuan beauty that is to say,Daoism advocates nature and reliance on landscapes to influence the artist's artistic pursuit of a quiet and empty aesthetic.The third chapter analyzes the aesthetic spirit of Yan Zhitui's the beauty of neutralization.During Liang Wudi's time,the culture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was already dominated by metaphysics,however,Confucianism still occupies a major position in Yan Zhitui's thinking.,this is related to Liang Wudi's rejuvenation of Confucianism and Yan's family's advocacy of Confucianism in their career.The Confucian orthodoxy and gentle and poetic theories also made Yan zhitui advocate the aesthetic spirit of the beauty of neutralization.In addition,Yan zhitui 's ability to promote words and sentences makes his works of art appear sad but not hurt the aesthetic style and euphemism but not the Luxury ancient style.In the fourth chapter analyzes the aesthetic ideal of "beauty of personality" of Yan Zhitui's Confucianism.The Confucian ideal of personality is based on "benevolence" as the highest standard,that is to say,Confucius expounds the beauty of "literature" and "gentleman",which is embodied in the beauty of behavior and the beauty of appearance.The advocating of elegant personality makes Yan zhitui pursue artistic conception of the art and Morality,moral cultivation and artistic talent,which is the important role of emphasizing healthy personality in cultivating aesthetic emotions.In the fifth chapter analyzes Yan Zhitui's compatibility with the aesthetic concept of North and South.In his early days,In the early days,Yan Zhiti,who was influenced by the beautiful winds of the Southern Dynasties,did not go to the path of lightness.This is not only the influence of the beauty of Confucianism the beauty of neutralization.,but also because Yan zhitui was influenced by the simplicity and actuality of the Northern Dynasties using aesthetic thoughts.Therefore,in the aesthetic creation of literature and art,Yan Zhitui tries to reconcile the Luxury style of Southern Dynasties with the coarse and simple style of Northern Dynasty,and thus puts forward an elegant and literary aesthetic concept.It is worth noting and studying that Yan Zhitui,who possesses the artistic view of Confucianism,does not deny the function of aesthetic appreciation of literature and art,and encourages his children and grandchildren to“have extra capacity and can learn it”.In fact,affirming the aesthetic function and value of literature and art are the influence of the Southern Dynasty Aesthetic trend of the Southern Dynasty on Yan Zhitui 's aesthetic concept.