My View on Confucius’ Musical Aesthetics

  • Xiong Wen Jiangxi Normal University
Article ID: 1473
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/le.v9i7.1473
Keywords: Confucius, benevolence, goodness and beauty, neutralization

Abstract

During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, the ideology environment was severe. Hundreds of scholars competed and argued, and they all used their own musical concepts and aesthetic consciousness to influence social life. Confucius was one of them. As we all know, Confucius was the great pre-Qin period thinker, politician, and educator of etiquette and music. His achievements in music aesthetics are different from other schools of “contend of a hundred schools of thoughtâ€. Confucius’s aesthetic thoughts are actually the aesthetic thoughts he formed in the practice of ritual and music education. This article discusses his musical spirit, the aesthetic propositions of “benevolenceâ€, “perfect perfectionâ€, “neutralityâ€, and music education.

References

[1] Xiu Hailin’s “Ancient Chinese Music Aesthetics†Chapter 6, The Aesthetic Consciousness of the Scholars in the Pre-Qin Period, Fujian Education Press, the first edition in December 2014.

[2] Cai Zhongde, “The History of Chinese Music Aestheticsâ€, Pre-Qin Part, The Analects, p.69, p.70, People’s Music Publishing House, 2nd edition in March 2004.

[3] Wang Hongjian, “Introduction to Artâ€, Chapter 4, Art Creation Theory, About Artist’s Aesthetic Creativity, Page 216-220, Culture and Art Publishing House, October 2010, first edition.

Published
2020-12-08
How to Cite
Wen, X. (2020). My View on Confucius’ Musical Aesthetics. Lifelong Education, 9(7), 75-77. https://doi.org/10.18282/le.v9i7.1473
Issue
Vol. 9 No. 7 (2020)
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Article