Abstract
The theory "Chinese artistic spirit" in this article is an important aesthetic trend and literary tradition, which has been lasting over the past hundred years in the study of Chinese aesthetics and literary theory. It has become frequently discussed by scholars in recent years. Considering the fact that existing scholarship is always limited to one of the different aspects, this article aims to promote the study of Chinese art and aesthetic spirit through a holistic theoretical description and illustration of the academic genealogy, historical context, philosophical basis, theoretical connotation, characteristics and value, and the contemporary development of the aesthetic trend of thought. This article points out that the theory of "Chinese artistic spirit" is a theoretical construction of modern Chinese life and literary aesthetics, which is presented as the study of Chinese aesthetic and art history. It does not consider art in a purely aesthetic sense, but as a perceptual representation of people's way of life and national cultural spirit. Based on the theory of life ontology of modern Neo-Confucianism, it integrates the traditional and modern learning of China and the West, thus playing an important role in the construction of modern Chinese national cultural spirit, as an important theoretical orientation of Chinese aesthetic modernity. Its theoretical deficiencies also stimulate the theoretical innovation and development by contemporary scholars.
First Page
35
Recommended Citation
Tao, Shuiping. 2019. "The Historical Genesis and Contemporary Development of the Theory "Chinese Artistic Spirit" during the Twentieth Century." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 39, (3): pp.35. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss3/17
