Evocation (Gan-Xing) as a Core Proposition in the Aesthetics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties: An Analysis of the Rhapsodies on Thoughts (Gan-Fu)  

作　　者：XUE Fuxing 

机构地区：[1]College of Philosophy,Nankai University,Tianjin 300350,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Literary Studies in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2024年第3期314-335,共22页中国高等学校学术文摘·文学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The rhapsodies on the mind (xin-fu) is a major category of the rhapsody (fu) genre during the Wei and Jin dynasties. Those describing human sentimental psychology are known as the rhapsodies on thoughts (gan-fu). The rhapsodies on thoughts from this period embody a special proposition on how human aesthetic experience arises, which is termed as evocation (gan-xing). Evocation involves two dimensions: responding to objects (gan-wu) and responding to seasons (gan-shi). Together, they form the basic framework or mechanism that generates the abstract aesthetic experience in the rhapsodies on thoughts. More specifically, the rhapsodies on thoughts reveal five types of aesthetic experience generated: (1) aesthetic emotions triggered by natural sights;(2) philosophical insights triggered by natural sights;(3) aesthetic emotions triggered by social environments;(4) aesthetic experience triggered by natural sights and social environments;and (5) anti-evocation experience, namely an aesthetic response to the natural world triggered by specific scenes in life. These five evocation models broadly cover the aesthetic experience generated by the rhapsodies on thoughts from this period. First and foremost, evocation reveals the internal mechanism that generates aesthetic experience—external things evoke one’s inner feelings, thus creating aesthetic appreciation. Furthermore, it uncovers the normative significance of natural aesthetic appreciation as the prerequisite for artistic aesthetic appreciation: People are first moved by external objects in the realm of natural aesthetic appreciation before consciously developing the urge to express their emotions or feelings through natural images in the realm of artistic aesthetics. The rise of evocation, originating from the rhapsodies on thoughts of the Wei and Jin dynasties, signifies that Chinese aesthetic consciousness was attained during this period in relation to the mechanism of generating aesthetic experiences.

关 键 词：EVOCATION responding to objects responding to seasons aesthetic consciousness 

分 类 号：I206[文学—中国文学]