Overview
Explains the main ideas, universal attributes and special forms of beauty in ancient China
Uniquely reveals the Confucian spirit, Taoist spirit, Buddhist spirit and artistic spirit
Reflects the painstaking efforts of the most respected authority on traditional Chinese aesthetics in contemporary China
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book differentiates between and analyzes the Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist spirit in traditional Chinese aesthetics, explains the core characteristics and methods of traditional Chinese aesthetics, and conveys the author’s overall thinking on the spirit of traditional Chinese aesthetics. Given its scope, the book is of great value in terms of understanding and promoting China’s unique traditional culture.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Zhixiang Qi is a professor in the School of Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and President of the Shanghai Aesthetic Society. He is also in the board of Chairs of several Provincial Aesthetic Societies in China. He has published more than 30 personal monographs, including the representative works “Aesthetics of Musical Sense” (2016), “General History of Chinese Aesthetics” in three volumes (2008), “History of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics” (2018), the five-volume work “A Complete History of Chinese Aesthetics” (2018) and “Ancient Chinese Literary Theory” (2018), a national higher education textbook for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. His work has garnered him the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award. He also teaches “Chinese Aesthetics” and “Chinese Studies and Life” courses on Wisdom Tree.com, a major MOOC platform in China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics
Authors: Zhixiang Qi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8791-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Shanghai People's Publishing House 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8790-0Published: 03 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-8793-1Due: 17 February 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-8791-7Published: 02 February 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 436
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aesthetics, Philosophy, general, Literary Theory, History of Philosophy