A Study On Tu Long’s Aesthetic Thought

Tu Long was a famous writer and opera artist in the late Ming Dynasty.In the Longqing and Wanli years,political Tu Long was deeply influenced by the social atmosphere and cultural thoughts.Tu Long’s unique personality and rough life experience made him a typical figure in the transitional period of the late Ming Dynasty,and his aesthetic thought also has the characteristics of pioneering a new trend.Based on the detailed possession of the original documents,this thesis fully absorbs the current research results of the academic circle,and studies Tu Long’s aesthetics from three aspects: leisure aesthetics,opera aesthetics,and spiritual aesthetics.The first chapter is the background of Tu Long’s life and his aesthetic thoughts.Tu Long’s aesthetic thought was influenced by the socio-political environment,economic development situation and philosophical trends of the late Ming Dynasty.He actively practiced the guidance of Confucianism in his early days,cared about people’s livelihood during his tenure,and fulfilled his duties.After being dismissed,he gradually moved away from officialdom and gradually formed a fusion of the three religions.In the later period,he participated in Zen and entered the Tao,using Buddhist and Taoist thoughts to dispel his own troubles.Tu Long’s thought changes reflect the general trend of the development and change of literati’s thought in the late Ming Dynasty.The second chapter is about Tu Long’s leisure aesthetics.Tu Long entered the world with a leisurely and self-adapted spirit,pursuing a casual and casual life.He recorded the collection and appreciation of the artifacts of the study in Kao Pan Yu Shi,which reflects his "concise and light" calligraphy and painting aesthetics and advocating natural aesthetics.It also records the creation of leisure living space,as well as recreational activities such as drinking tea,playing,and fishing.Tu Long transformed the free and pleasant leisure experience into aesthetic activities,and also created many poetic and meaningful essays and landscape and amusement poems.The third chapter is about Tu Long’s aesthetic thoughts in opera.Tu Long advocated the free expression of self-emotion,emphasized that opera should express the true feelings of the author and the affection of the children,and put forward the aesthetic theory of opera,which is "the combination of elegance and vulgarity,dual beauty,sound and color,emotion and attitude".Opera is both a textual literature Art is also the art of stage performance.It should not only pay attention to the literary system and content,but also meet the requirements of opera for stage,role,sound,picture and other aspects.Tu Long’s proposition of "the dual beauty of tune" requires that opera should pay attention to both formal norms and connotation in content,emphasizing both melody and rhetoric.The fourth chapter is Tu Long’s spiritual aesthetic thoughts.In his early years,Tu Long was deeply influenced by the literary theory of restoring ancient ways in the Ming Dynasty,which showed his literary interest in restoring ancient ways.In the later period,Tu Long advocated expressing the spirit and paying attention to the expression of"human" temperament and thought.Tu Long’s view of spirituality is different from Yuan Hongdao’s "independent expression of spirituality".What he called "spiritual spirituality" is a requirement for both "person" and "literature".In the process of creation and appreciation,both require "spiritual spirituality"."Expression and performance.