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"Establishing Xiang to Fully Express Idea" and Chinese Aesthetic Culture

Ma Dakang   

  1. the College of Humanities, Wenzhou University
  • Online:2018-11-25 Published:2019-03-24
  • About author:Ma Dakang is Professor at the College of Humanities, Wenzhou University, with research interests focus on aesthetics and literary theory.

Abstract: "Daxiang (great image)" and "Xiangwang (beings without trace)" are a state of "Non-Objectivity". Through imitation and imagination, the relationship between human and nature is transformed from object relationship to non-object relationship, which ultimately leads to human understanding of "Tao". This is the meaning of "establishing Xiang to fully express idea". "Yixiang (image)", "Yijing (ideo-mood-imagery)" and "Jingjie (state or realm)" are the fields composed of "Xiang" and "Daxiang", which can be called "Xiang-Daxiang". "Xiang-Daxiang" is the cell of the Chinese aesthetic culture and it produces the unique character of Chinese aesthetic culture, and also determines the unique way of thinking and expression of Chinese classical aesthetics and ancient Chinese literary theory.

Key words: Language, Xiang, Tao, Yixang, Yijing, aesthetic culture