The core of Confucius' aesthetic thought is the unity of "beauty" and "goodness", and the unity of form and content. Confucius advocated "poetry teaching", that is, combining literature and art with political morality, and taking literature and art as a means to change social politics and an important way to cultivate sentiment. Confucius believes that a perfect person should cultivate his self-cultivation in three aspects: poetry, ceremony and music. Confucius' aesthetic thoughts.
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Idiom story: Ruan Ji, Chen Liuwei (now Yuxian County, Henan Province), also known as Heizong, was a famous poet in Wei and Jin Dynasties. He lost his father when he was a child and his family was poor. But he was studious and eventually became a famous hermit at that time. Ruan Ji was originally ambitious and hoped to make a difference in politics.
However, he was very dissatisfied with the ruling Sima Group and did not dare to express his opinions and opinions clearly, so he had to take an attitude of preserving his sanity or study it behind closed doors. Or indulge in mountains and rivers; Or drunk but not awake; Or shut your mouth. Besides, he writes poems to express his inner thoughts.
For example, Ruan Ji expressed his feelings of caring for the country and the people and avoiding the world in a roundabout and implicit language in his famous 82 poems "Yong Shi Huai". His good friend Ji Kang, like him, was also a famous writer at that time, and he despised and hated the rule of Sima's family. Besides Ji Kang, Ruan Ji's friends include Dan Tao, Xiang Xiu, Liu Ling, Wang Rong and his nephew Ruan Xian.