(Ebook) Beauty and Human Existence in Chinese Philosophy by Keping Wang ISBN 9789811617140, 9789811617164, 9789811617133, 9811617147, 9811617163, 9811617139

(Ebook) Beauty and Human Existence in Chinese Philosophy by Keping Wang ISBN 9789811617140, 9789811617164, 9789811617133, 9811617147, 9811617163, 9811617139

This book considers the Chinese conception of beauty from a historical perspective with regard to its significant relation to human personality and human existence. It examines the etymological implications of the pictographic character mei, the totemic symbolism of beauty, the ferocious beauty of the bronzeware. Further on, it proceeds to look into the conceptual progression of beauty in such main schools of thought as Confucianism, Daoism and Chan Buddhism. Then, it goes on to illustrate through art and literature the leading principles of equilibriumharmony, spontaneous naturalness, subtle void and synthetic possibilities. It also offers a discussion of modern change and transcultural creation conducted with particular reference to the theory of the poetic state par excellence (yi jing shuo) and that of art as sedimentation (ji dian shuo).
 
Overview:
✓ Explores the Chinese conception of beauty from a historical perspective
✓ Considers the conceptual progression of beauty in Confucianism, Daoism and Chan Buddhism
✓ Discusses modern change and trans-cultural creation in relation to the theory of the poetic state par excellence