The influence is as follows:

The influence of Taoism, especially the Taoist Lao-Zhuang School, on Chinese literature and art exceeds that of hundreds of schools of thought, as well as Confucianism and Buddhism. This influence It’s so big that it still hasn’t gone out of style.

Many modern literary and artistic masters, such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Hu Shi, Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, Fei Ming, Shi Zhecun, Shen Congwen, Wang Zengqi, Fan Zeng, Acheng, Han Shaogong, Yan Lianke, Gao Xingjian, etc. He was deeply influenced by Taoism, and his works also have strong Taoist implications. Some people regard Gao Xingjian's winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature as "Zhuangzi's triumph."

Taoist influence on Chinese literature and art is mainly reflected in three aspects.

1. Aesthetics

Taoism advocates that Tao follows nature, so the pursuit of natural beauty has become the highest state of Chinese literature and art.

2. Literary creation

It means "hibiscus emerges from clear water and is carved by nature"; reflected in the art of painting, it is the simple and implicit style of ink painting that combines form and spirit.

3. Architectural art

It is the artistic conception of a private garden that "although it is made by people, it seems to be open from the sky"; reflected in the music art, it is the "clear and elegant" musical character of the guqin.

At the same time, Taoism advocates the self-transformation of inaction and forgetting words when one is proud, so it also forms the aesthetic pursuit of the coexistence of reality and reality in literature and art. At the same time, because Taoist thought is closely related to the prosperous age, it helps to increase the heroic spirit of literature and art. In the declining age, Taoist thought is the spiritual support for literati to treat trauma, so it creates a broad-minded and unrestrained artistic style of literature and art.

In addition, Taoism advocates that superiority and inferiority follow each other, and positive and negative depend on each other, which has greatly affected the structure of Chinese literature and art. Chinese architecture, especially gardens, always pursues a repetitive effect of twists and turns in which the desire to express is suppressed first, the desire to be straight is curved, and the desire to be relaxed is closed first. The story progression of novels and operas is often like this: first from closing to dividing, and then in the middle. After countless twists and turns, it finally went from separation to reunion, ending with a happy ending.

Extended information:

"Tao" is an important category in ancient Chinese philosophy, used to explain the origin, ontology, laws or principles of the world. In the history of Chinese philosophy, the category "Tao" was first proposed by Taoists.

The original meaning of Tao refers to a road or a smooth road, and later it gradually developed into a principle to express the regularity of things. This change has gone through a long historical process.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi first regarded Tao as the origin and universal law of the universe, and became the founder of Taoism. Later, although its meanings varied in different philosophical systems, it basically became synonymous with the origin, ontology, laws or principles of the world.

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