Any Chinese who loves beauty and anyone who loves Chinese art should read this book - "Aesthetic Walk".

In the history of modern Chinese aesthetics, there are two figures like Mount Tai and Beidou, Zhu Guangqian and Zong Baihua. The two are similar in age and are contemporaries. They are both well-versed in Chinese and Western knowledge and have high attainments. However, Zhu Guangqian wrote a lot, while Zong Baihua rarely wrote. Zhu Guangqian's articles and way of thinking are reasoning, but Zong Baihua's. It is lyrical; Zhu Guangqian prefers literature, Zong Baihua prefers art; Zhu Guangqian is more modern, Western, and scientific; Zong Baihua is more classical, Chinese, and artistic; Zhu Guangqian is a scholar, and Zong Baihua is poet. This book is the first published collection of Zong Baihua's aesthetic papers. Zong Baihua is a new generation of scholars who emerged from the May 4th New Culture Wave. In his early years, he studied in Europe and set foot in Paris, the capital of art. In the 1920s, he published a collection of poems. He was originally a poet. The admiration and praise for the vitality of life and the philosophical contemplation of the universe and life in his youth have always accompanied him and formed the characteristics of his aesthetic chapter. The articles in this collection were first written in 1920 and the latest in 1979. It is indeed a relatively detailed collection of essays on art by Zong Baihua throughout his life.

He did not build any aesthetic system. He just taught us how to appreciate works of art and how to establish an aesthetic attitude until we form an artistic personality. And this is exactly the spirit of Chinese artistic beauty. Zong Baihua once sat in silence for an hour in front of the original Mona Lisa. He often visited various domestic art exhibitions with great interest, and even at his advanced age he still worked hard. He is also an appreciator. These articles in the collection quite accurately grasp the essence of art, especially the characteristics of Chinese art.

Therefore, reading this book itself is a kind of artistic enjoyment. The author uses lyrical language to lead us to appreciate art. The book is called "Aesthetic Walk". Let's go to this big garden. Take a walk and see what kind of pavilions, flowers, trees, ponds and rocks the author has created for us.

I am just an individual in a world of thousands, and human cognition is limited, let alone me. But even an individual like me has my own understanding of beauty, and I have my own understanding of beauty as an individual. For me, beauty is continuous growth and mature thinking! Through it, my understanding of the world and beauty is constantly changing. In other words, for me, beauty is a kind of consciousness, because with consciousness, I can feel the existence of beauty! It's a bit similar to the understanding between Lu Ying and Galtai, but it's just a similarity. Lu Ying said: "Beauty is a human concept" and "Beauty is human social consciousness." I think: Beauty can be human consciousness, but it is not social consciousness. Perhaps, people are the components of society, so it can be called The consciousness of society, but if it is society, in my opinion, the most beautiful thing is human life. Because there are individual lives like us, society is beautiful. Therefore, for the consciousness of beauty, I think it comes from the individual life of human beings. Look at it, not from the perspective of society as a whole! Galtai said: Beauty is people's subjective consciousness. "Objective beauty does not exist." "Beauty exists as long as people feel it. If it is not felt by people, it does not exist." But if there is only subjective consciousness, If there is no objective existence, it is like there is nothing in the world. Will it feel beautiful? Beauty is people's subjective consciousness, but it is inseparable from objective things. Because thousands of things exist, beauty is the result. For people, beauty can only be discovered with consciousness, so beauty must also exist, so beauty is consciousness. It also exists objectively! Beauty is not a single concept, it exists in many aspects, so we need to understand it from many aspects. If we only limit ourselves to one point, we will not find beauty! We must use our increasingly mature thinking and consciousness to see Daimei and the world! Because this vast land is beautiful, and beauty is also human consciousness, we are also beautiful. I am an immature fruit, and my understanding of the world is minimal, but as mentioned above: Anyone with an aesthetic awareness of beauty can make judgments about "what is beautiful" and "what is beautiful", and I also have my own understanding of beauty: in the vast land, beauty refers to life and breath; for me as an individual, beauty refers to continuous growth and mature thinking! But I also have doubts about it. Maybe one day when I grow up and mature, I can use a more mature thinking to see and understand beauty, and make a more complete explanation of its history. To paraphrase a famous saying of Song Shenzong: "In view of the past, I am qualified to govern." This is the meaning of history.

However, history is a word that is extremely difficult to explain. Even historians are very cautious when touching the origin of history. So now when I talk about the significance of history, does it belong to the ignorant behavior of looking for the foundation of a mirage? I think that history has been listed as the remnants of the past. At present, we are following the traces and tracing the traces that are gradually covered by the passing time, and exploring the contemporary significance from the clues of historical ruins. It can be said that we cannot be ignored. The wheel of history has never stopped for any king, party, or nation. How great achievements and civilized military ethics a king has; what a superior system a party has; what excellent blood a nation has, how many Their civilization is splendid, and their history is as selfless as notarization, and they have not been given more tolerance and shelter. Therefore, constantly thinking about the significance of history is an eternal proposition and issue worthy of exploration and solution by all knowledgeable people.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng directly admonished Taizong and said, "If you use history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall." History does not speak, and her silence is her value. A person or nation who is good at reflection can understand the rules of resurgence in the ups and downs of history, so that the future history of the country and nation can develop in a positive direction, avoid putting it into a dangerous situation, and bring it under its own control. The prosperous Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty was inseparable from the in-depth reference and criticism of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The nature of history repeating itself seems to be a lingering nightmare that continues to trouble and confuse later generations. Countless history books recount the gains and losses of the current or previous dynasties, firstly to record the history of a country, and secondly, probably to leave a complete reference clue for subsequent rulers and people. Sometimes when history is being forgotten, smart and persistent people jump out and say: "All history is contemporary history." Indeed, by comparing Chinese and foreign history horizontally and vertically inspecting the current country, we find that history is surprisingly similar.

Luo Xiazhong said, "If we divide for a long time, we must unite; if we unite for a long time, we must divide." Don’t you see, the rise and fall of a dynasty always replaces each other. The prosperous times will be followed by troubled times, and the troubled times will lead to great governance for a long time. Somehow, it is in line with the Chinese Yin and Yang theory. History can be used as a reference for those in power, but it can only be a reference. The wheel of history will never stop. All we can do is try our best! Try to delay the arrival of that day as much as possible...

Of course, the significance of history is not just to avoid and learn from, and today I am clichely repeating this argument, with the purpose of establishing the significance of history in our hearts. Benchmark. Looking for relevant meanings from history, no matter from what angle we look at history or what conclusions we draw, even superficial or even incorrect conclusions cannot stop us from our original intention. It should be our responsibility as a society to grasp history from a wide perspective and from multiple dimensions, right?

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History, to paraphrase a famous saying of Song Shenzong: "In view of the past, you are qualified to govern." This is the meaning of history. However, history is a word that is extremely difficult to explain. Even historians are very cautious when touching the origin of history. So now when I talk about the significance of history, does it belong to the ignorant behavior of looking for the foundation of a mirage? I think that history has been listed as the remnants of the past. At present, we are following the traces and tracing the traces that are gradually covered by the passing time, and exploring the contemporary significance from the clues of historical ruins. It can be said that we cannot be ignored. The wheel of history has never stopped for any king, party, or nation. How great achievements and civilized military ethics a king has; what a superior system a party has; what excellent blood a nation has, how many Their civilization is splendid, and their history is as selfless as notarization, and they have not been given more tolerance and shelter. Therefore, constantly thinking about the significance of history is an eternal proposition and issue worthy of exploration and solution by all knowledgeable people.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng directly admonished Taizong and said, "If you use history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall." History does not speak, and her silence is her value. A person or nation who is good at reflection can understand the rules of resurgence in the ups and downs of history, so that the future history of the country and nation can develop in a positive direction, avoid putting it into a dangerous situation, and bring it under its own control. The prosperous Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty was inseparable from the in-depth reference and criticism of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

The nature of history repeating itself seems to be a lingering nightmare that continues to trouble and confuse later generations. Countless history books recount the gains and losses of the current or previous dynasties, firstly to record the history of a country, and secondly, probably to leave a complete reference clue for subsequent rulers and people. Sometimes when history is being forgotten, smart and persistent people jump out and say: "All history is contemporary history." Indeed, by comparing Chinese and foreign history horizontally and vertically inspecting the current country, we find that history is surprisingly similar.

Luo Xiazhong said, "If we divide for a long time, we must unite; if we unite for a long time, we must divide." Don’t you see, the rise and fall of a dynasty always replaces each other. The prosperous times will be followed by troubled times, and the troubled times will lead to great governance for a long time. Somehow, it is in line with the Chinese Yin and Yang theory. History can be used as a reference for those in power, but it can only be a reference. The wheel of history will never stop. All we can do is try our best! Try to delay the arrival of that day as much as possible...

Of course, the significance of history is not just to avoid and learn from, and today I am clichely repeating this argument, with the purpose of establishing the significance of history in our hearts. Benchmark. Looking for relevant meanings from history, no matter from what angle we look at history or what conclusions we draw, even superficial or even incorrect conclusions cannot stop us from our original intention. It should be our responsibility as a social person to grasp history from a wide perspective