Beauty of Art

"The Beauty of Art" is an analysis and reading of traditional Chinese art by Zhu Liangzhi, professor of the Department of Philosophy at Peking University and vice president of the Chinese Aesthetics Society. The author summarizes 36 artistic images into three units: feelings, fun, and rules. "Feelings" contains twelve articles, discussing a basic principle of Chinese art from different angles: to be an artist, you must be a human being; only with a first-class mind can you have first-class art. "A Golden Reed" talks about the ideal of art; "A Pot of Wine among Flowers" talks about the spirit of indulging in dancing; "The Osmanthus Blossoms Bloom" talks about the triggering of people's inner creativity; "The Bell Rises at Hanshan Temple" talks about the importance of the depth of history to artistic creation; "The Wind in the Pines" talks about the attitude towards life that is integrated with the world; "Mountains are still and the sun and the moon grow", talks about the principle of tranquility in the final analysis; "That "A Night in a Snowy Stream" talks about the true touching of life; "Playing with the Moon on the Stage" talks about the broad-mindedness of playing games with the world; "One Period, One Meeting" talks about valuing the life experience of the present; "Charm cannot be learned" talks about the importance of improving one's realm; "It is better to bite a ball of snow than vomiting ten buckets of blood" talks about the cultivation of "quality"; "Eternal Sky, One Wind and Moon" talks about the eternal truth of an instant. The ten articles in "Interest" discuss some unique interests in Chinese art. "Panana on the Moon Shadow" is a clear image that contains a heavy connotation of life; "Beautiful Disorder" talks about the interest of beauty in Xiao San; "Is the Rockery a Fake Mountain?" The truth of truth and fantasy is told through rockery; "Shaoxiu in the Ancient Canggu" blends the freshness of the present into the depth of the past; "The Beauty of Withering" embodies the pursuit of "Pingting" in the realm of ancient clumsiness; "Falling Leaves Don't Sweep Until a Friend" talks about the relationship between "not sweeping" and authenticity; "Making the World Lively" talks about pursuing pursuit in the silence of death. Seek liveliness and subtlety; "You can't live without this king for a day" talks about the beautiful appearance and eternal presence of bamboo; "More Holding a Red Candle to Appreciate the Broken Flowers" talks about the feeling of loving life while stroking the dead flowers; "True Water Has No Fragrance" talks about the logic of breaking through appearances and pursuing authenticity. "Principles" uses fourteen articles to interpret the laws of Chinese art hidden deep in the culture. "A Little Flower Blooming by the Fence" talks about the wisdom of "bigness appears in the small"; "The tip of the pen is cold and the tree is thin" talks about the subtle emotions contained in "thinness" "The Fragrance of Old Trees, Dead Vines and Ancient Moss" talks about the continuous vitality in dead vines and old trees; "Rockery and Dry Landscape" talks about the differences and similarities between Chinese and Japanese gardens from one perspective; "The Missing Moon Hangs Sparse Tung Trees" talks about how incompleteness can become a kind of beauty; "Moss Marks Dream Shadow", experiences the moss marks and walks into the smoke of life; "Go to the Garden to Listen to the Fragrance" ", which talks about the general principle of describing the spirit with form; "When the moon comes and the wind comes", it talks about the feeling of being at ease with the world; "When the sky is empty, spiritual energy comes and goes", it talks about the beauty of the ethereal; "Colorless but with the splendor of five colors", talks about the concept of transcending colors through ink painting; "The small garden has its own good style", talks about the expansion of the soul through the pot, sky and spoon in the garden; "Appreciating Stone" "The Pattern in the Porcelain", one can experience the wonderful principle of "life" through the patina; "The Fog Gathers the Cold River", talks about the "astringent" beauty in art; "The Unbelievable Beauty", tells the ingenious wisdom of opening porcelain pieces.