Aesthetic utilitarianism: heritage of modern Chinese aesthetics

Neohelicon ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-542
Author(s):  
Wei Du
Keyword(s):  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics

scholarly journals Different Approaches to Modern Art and Society: Li Zehou versus Xu Fuguan

Asian Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Téa Sernelj
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Chinese Modernity ◽  
Material Development ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
Art And Society ◽  
The Individual

Proceeding from the inseparable relation between ethics and aesthetics in traditional (and often also modern) Chinese thought, this article aims to illuminate two important approaches to the aesthetic foundations of Chinese modernity. The relation between the individual and society, which is a core question of modern ethics, is reflected in most of the ethical theories of 20th century China. In this context, the article first presents Li Zehou’s theory of aesthetics and his definition of aesthetic experience. In this way, it aims to illuminate Li’s interpretation of modern art and society, and to posit it into a contrastive position to Xu Fuguan’s ethico-aesthetic theories, especially the ones regarding modernity and Western culture. The basic approaches applied by these two important modern Chinese scholars reveal great differences in attitude towards the spiritual and material development of humanity in the 20th century, which is especially interesting since they are both rooted in the abovementioned belief that ethics cannot be separated from aesthetics. Besides, Li Zehou sincerely admired Xu Fuguan’s work on traditional Chinese aesthetics and referred to his comprehension of general concepts of traditional Chinese aesthetics in many of his own works dealing with aesthetics.

scholarly journals Chinese Classical Aesthetic in the View of Inter-Subjectivity

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Zhang Haitao
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Aesthetic Theory ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics ◽  
Classical Chinese ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
Dimensions Of Space

In contemporary China, the theory of intersubjectivity causes great significance to the construction of modern Chinese aesthetic theory but this kind of transverse dimensions of space on the outside of the transplantation of theory gave rise to some bad effects to traditional culture and classical Chinese aesthetics. Article presents a qualitative method. Its purpose to conduct research on intersubjectiveness spirit of Chinese aesthetics and literature from the dimensions of the longitudinal time. The discussion will also cause a vital significance to the building of contemporary Chinese aesthetics in this direction.

scholarly journals Philosophical-aesthetic reflection in China in the century: Wang Guowei and Zong Baihua

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Chuang Dai
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Traditional Philosophy ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Modern Chinese ◽  
Chinese Aesthetics ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
European Philosophy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chinese Philosophers

  This article is dedicated to examination of the philosophical-aesthetic reflection in China in the XX century, and the impact of European aesthetics upon the development and transformation of the traditional Chinese aesthetics. The article employs the method of historical and cultural with elements of structural analysis of aesthetic text of the modern Chinese philosophers. In the XX century, a number of Chinese thinkers made attempts of reforming the traditional Chinese aesthetics, complementing it with the viewpoint of European philosophy. The article examines the paramount aesthetic thoughts of the modern Chinese philosophers Wang Guowei and Zong Baihua, and determines the impact of European philosophy upon them. The scientific novelty of this study lies in assessing the impact of the concepts of European aesthetics upon self-reflection and development of Chinese aesthetics in the context of cross-cultural problematic. It is demonstrated that Chinese modern aesthetics in many ways retains its connection with the tradition, which determines its specificity and imparts peculiar semantic symbolism. The conclusion is made that in the XX century, Chinese philosophers sought to complement the existing traditional Chinese reflection on art, which is based mostly on the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism, with what can be referred to as the Western viewpoint, associated with a scientific approach and scientific interpretation. Another vector in the area of humanistic understanding of the phenomenon of art was related to the attempts of interpretation of the European aesthetic thought from through the prism of Chinese traditional philosophy. The philosopher Wang Guowei tried to incorporate the European aesthetics into the scientific problematic of China. The philosopher Zong Baihua wanted to synthesize the Chinese and European aesthetic theories, and create what he believed is the modern Chinese aesthetics.  

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