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The Significance of Xuwu 虚无 (Nothingness) in Chinese Aesthetics |
FAN Minghua() |
School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China |
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Abstract Just as nothingness is a fundamental concept in Daoist philosophy, it is also a fundamental concept in Chinese aesthetics, where it has multiple meanings: First, nothingness, as a reaction against unaesthetic psychical activity, is a primary precondition of aesthetic and artistic activity. Second, as the void or intangible “stuff” juxtaposed to “substance,” it is an indispensable compositional property of artworks as well as an essential condition for the manifestation of an artistic form. Finally, as a reaction against the unaesthetic world of daily life—the experiential world—nothingness is the fundamental basis and essential provision for establishing an artistic world.
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Keywords
Daoism
nothingness
aesthetic
art
aesthetics
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Corresponding Author(s):
FAN Minghua,Email:fmh6191@sina.com
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Issue Date: 05 December 2010
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