“里仁为美”:先秦儒家美学思想的元问题  

Benevolent Neighborhood Is Beauty:The Meta - problem of the Aesthetic Thought in Pre - Qin Confucianism

作　　者：谭好哲[1] 

机构地区：[1]山东大学文艺美学研究中心

出　　处：《文艺理论研究》2013年第3期125-131,139,共8页Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地重大项目"文艺美学元问题与文艺美学学科体系建设研究"[项目批准号:06JJD75011-44008]阶段性成果

摘　　要：《论语》"里仁篇"里提出的"里仁为美"观点集中体现了儒家美学的人学底蕴,是先秦儒家美学中一个具有元问题性质的理论命题。该命题突显出了孔子的美学思想与其仁学思想体系的内在联系,揭示出美之为美的仁本根源,同时也成为孔子对于人生、社会、艺术以及自然等等各个不同领域进行审美思考和评判的依据与标准。孟子"充实之为美"的界定与"里仁为美"在本质上是一致的。"里仁为美"的思想彰显出先秦儒家美学思想的三个突出特点:一是具有很强的人生意味,二是偏重于从内容、内在性质方面论美,三是不把美的存在以及审美活动与其他存在和活动相互隔绝。此外,这一思想也具有显明的现代价值:其所标举的仁爱精神、处世原则和思想情怀,可以对当今欲望膨胀的物化人生起到一定的矫正作用;同时,汲取其中的仁本精神,发扬传统文化和艺术以善导美、美善并举的优秀传统,也有利于克服消费主义文化潮流影响下当代艺术审美活动内容空虚、情趣低俗的弊端。The idea that ＂benevolent neighborhood is beauty＂ in The Analects highlights the human aspect of Confucian aesthet- ics, and the theoretical proposition in the idea may be argued to be a meta - problem. It reveals the intrinsic connection between Confucius＇ s aesthetics and his view of benevolence （Ren） and the benevolence -based nature of Confucian aesthetics, while it is the rationale and criteria for aesthetic thinking and judgment in various fields of life, society, art and nature. Confucius＇ s idea of benevolence echoes in Mencius＇ s concept that ＂enrichment and fulfillment are beauty. ＂ The idea that ＂benevolent neighborhood is beauty＂ highlights three main characteristics of pre - Qin Confucian aesthetic thought： 1 ） explicit concern about human life, 2） thematic and content approach to beauty, and 3） non - isolation among beauty, aesthetic activities and other practices. The paper claims that Confucius＇ s idea of ＂benevolent neighborhood＂ also contains contemporary implications for the material - orien- ted way of living in the current society.

关 键 词：里仁为美 先秦儒家 美学思想 元问题 

分 类 号：B83-092[哲学宗教—美学] B222