“美在意象”(专题讨论)
作者简介:杜卫,杭州师范大学教授;王德胜,首都师范大学艺术与美育研究院教授;唐善林,贵州师范大学文学院教授;彭锋,北京大学艺术学院教授。
基金项目:
本文为2024年度国家社会科学基金艺术学重大项目“中国艺术写意精神的当代实践研究”(24ZD03)的阶段性成果
摘要: 中国当代美学林林总总,叶朗先生的“美在意象论”独树一帜,凸显出中国学者在美学知识生产中的创新和推进。“意象”是中国古典诗学中的一个重要范畴,将“意象”从古典诗学中提炼出来,构建成一个有普遍性和广泛解释力的当代美学范畴,这是“美在意象论”的突出贡献。这一理论着力于激发古典美学传统的当代活力,同时吸纳西方美学的相关资源,构成了独具特色的本土化美学。晚清以降,中国古代美学范畴如何现代性地转换,始终是一个难题。从姚鼐“阳刚之美”和“阴柔之美”,到王国维的“古雅”,再到宗白华“清水芙蓉”和“错彩镂金”之美。叶朗秉承了这一学术传统,独辟蹊径地提出了“美在意象论”,这可以看作是中国传统美学在新时代的新的拓展和推进,值得学界关注和讨论。
这里刊出的三篇文章是对美在意象论的不同角度的分析和评判,有助于我们对这一美学理论丰富内涵和创新意义的理解和认知。杜卫指出“美在意象论”突破认识论和实践论模式,重返审美经验的层面;以本土美学传统和西方美学融合的方法,形成了一个丰富的人生论美学。王德胜、唐善林强调,“美在意象论”沿着北大美学传统“接着说”在中西融通中建构了一种彰显充满生命情调的人生境界美学,丰富了当代中国美学中独特的“北大智慧”。彭锋认为,“美在意象论”是艺术本体论上的一次创新,其中“美”具有超越优美的普泛性,“意象”作为核心范畴则深刻揭示了审美的独特精神品质。
"Beauty in Imagery" (Panel Discussion)
Abstract: There are many kinds of contemporary Chinese aesthetics, and Mr. Ye Lang's "Beauty in Imagery Theory" is unique, highlighting the innovation and promotion of Chinese scholars in the production of aesthetic knowledge. "Imagery" is an important category in classical Chinese poetics, and it is an outstanding contribution of "beauty in imagery" to extract "imagery" from classical poetics and construct a contemporary aesthetic category with universal and extensive explanatory power. This theory focuses on stimulating the contemporary vitality of the classical aesthetic tradition, and at the same time absorbing the relevant resources of Western aesthetics, constituting a unique localized aesthetics. Since the late Qing Dynasty, how to modernize the category of ancient Chinese aesthetics has always been a difficult problem. From Yao Nai's "masculine beauty" and "feminine beauty", to Wang Guowei's "quaint", to Zong Baihua's "clear water hibiscus" and "wrong color gold" beauty. Ye Lang adheres to this academic tradition and proposes the "Theory of Beauty in Imagery" in a unique way, which can be regarded as a new expansion and promotion of traditional Chinese aesthetics in the new era, which deserves the attention and discussion of the academic community. The three articles published here are analysis and critique of the different perspectives of beauty in the theory of imagery, which will help us understand and recognize the rich connotation and innovative significance of this aesthetic theory. Du Wei pointed out that "beauty in imagery" breaks through the mode of epistemology and practice and returns to the level of aesthetic experience. With the method of integrating local aesthetic tradition and Western aesthetics, a rich aesthetics of life theory has been formed. Wang Desheng and Tang Shanlin emphasized that the "beauty in imagery" follows the aesthetic tradition of Peking University, and then said, "In the integration of China and the West, a kind of aesthetics of the life realm full of life is constructed, which enriches the unique "wisdom of Peking University" in contemporary Chinese aesthetics. Peng Feng believes that "beauty in imagery" is an innovation in art ontology, in which "beauty" has a universality that transcends beauty, and "imagery" as the core category profoundly reveals the unique spiritual quality of aesthetics.