Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 8-13.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-4074.2013.06.002

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Morality-oriented and Diction-balanced:An Overall View on Zhu Xi’s Aesthetic Idea

QI  Zhi-Xiang   

  1. (Research Institute of Chinese Ancient Civilization,Shanghai Institute of Political Science and Law,Shanghai 201701,China)
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-12-10

Abstract: Zhu Xi is a great scholar of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty,who plays an important role both in Chinese ideological history and aesthetics of literature and art.His aesthetic idea is strongly based on morality,denying the independent status of literature.However,he does not completely deny the form beauty of diction.Emphasizing the beauty of morality,he explores into Fu,Bi,and Xing (techniques of poetic expression) and the aesthetic approaches,reflecting a kind of flexible aesthetic idea.

Key words: morality;literature, Zhu Xi, aesthetics

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