Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)

The Aesthetics of the Sublime in Chinese Thought and in Zhuangzi

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Jin Qian
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Jin Qian
Available Online 18 December 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.346How to use a DOI?
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Chinese Thought, chong-gao, virtue, sublime, zhuangzi
Abstract

The Sublime is an important concept in Western aesthetics, and many great thinkers from ancient times to the present have discussed this topic. So, in Chinese thought, is there a concept equivalent to sublime? First, through linguistic analysis and comparative study, this essay will focus on chong-gao and zhuang-mei, trying to reveal their origins and evolutions, as well as their similarities and differences with sublime. Then, through the analysis of the fifth chapter of Zhuangzi, this essay will explore the idea of the sublime implicit in Zhuangzi’s thought. In conclusion, this essay believes that the aesthetics of the sublime also exists in Chinese thought, especially in the thought of Zhuangzi.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.346
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.346How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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