Draft on Pre-Qin Music Aesthetics Thought

Author: Jiang Kongyang
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Publish Date: 1986-08-01
Features: This book is not about studying the music of the pre-Qin era itself, nor about studying historical materials related to music in the pre-Qin era, nor about studying the musical images created by pre-Qin musicians. These are the concerns of music historians. Mr. Yang Yinliu's Draft of the History of Ancient Chinese Music is a specialized work in this regard. What the author intends to explore here is only the aesthetic thought related to music in the pre-Qin era. The so-called aesthetic thought of music includes two aspects: one is to understand the aesthetic thought of the time through the people's discourses on music at that time; the other is to explore the aesthetic requirements and aesthetic evaluations of the people towards music at that time in connection with their aesthetic viewpoints. Therefore, what the author primarily explores are the aesthetic thought manifested in the field of music during the pre-Qin era. These aesthetic thoughts are, in fact, some views and ideas people have about music. These people may be very knowledgeable about music, or they may be completely unfamiliar with music, but they have all heard music, had some feelings and experiences about it, and these have been passed down through literature.