History of Chinese Aesthetics: Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties

Author: Li Zehou, Liu Gangji
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: This book is divided into three parts: Introduction, Pre-Qin, and the Han Dynasty. Based on the fundamental view that human social practice is the root of aesthetics, it discusses the basic characteristics and developmental threads of Chinese aesthetics, establishing the object, tasks, and methods of the history of Chinese aesthetics. It holds that before the birth of Zen Buddhism, Chinese aesthetics was primarily composed of three major branches: Confucianism, Taoism, and Chu Ci aesthetics.