Comparison Between Schiller And Wang Guowei's Aesthetic Education Thoughts

Schiller and Wang Guowei are at the turn of the old and new world.At the same time,they put the salvation of the nation on aesthetic education.Through analysis,there are similarities in psychological situation and academic origin,also differences in the specific connotation of their aesthetic education theory.These similarities and differences,on the one hand,reflect the possibility of ideological exchanges between China and the West,on the other hand,show the local characteristics maintained by their respective independence,which have an important impact on the development and practice of contemporary aesthetic education theory.The source of the formation of Schiller's and Wang Guowei's aesthetic education thoughts is the ideological cornerstone of the comparison of their aesthetic education theories.In addition to the general environment of their times,the small environment of their lives is also a specific factor affecting the formation of their psychology and personality.External environment plays a key role in their psychological development.However,although their bitter experiences are similar,there are great differences in their personality.Schiller's positive optimism and Wang Guowei's escapism present two moods.The experience of literary creation and the turn to Kant's philosophy have become another opportunity to communicate their aesthetic education theories.By comparing the concrete connotations of Schiller's and Wang Guowei's aesthetic education thoughts,we can find the similarities and differences between the two theories.Comparing the nature of aesthetic education,the significance of aesthetic modernity,the specific methods and objectives of aesthetic education,the two aesthetic ideals restore people's emotional experience through art,but there are differences in the specific ways in which aesthetic education affects people's mind and the goals achieved.The common enlightenment of Schiller's and Wang Guowei's aesthetic education thoughts lies in their concern for human status and the contemporary value of aesthetic utopia.Under the development of modern science and technology society,the importance of aesthetic education must be re-mentioned.In the comparison of Schiller's and Wang Guowei's aesthetic education thoughts,we can have a glimpse of the specific situation of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures,explore the ways to solve the plight of aesthetic education in contemporary Chinese social reality,and put forward concrete suggestions for the practice of aesthetic education in China today.