The word "taste theory" contains a wide range of meanings. It has both practical material interests and abstract emotional, artistic and cultural interests. In the book, Zhong Rong takes taste as the center, and through the discussion of the formation, expression and connotation of taste, reveals the importance of taste to human life and its position and role in cultural tradition.
Zhong Rong explained the nature and causes of taste. He believes that taste is a combination of matter and spirit, and it is the result of human perception and experience of external things. The causes of interest mainly include direct perception of image, personal subjective emotion and cultural accumulation.
Zhong Rong analyzed the manifestation and classification of taste. He believes that taste can be perceived through the senses such as sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, and different taste experiences can be obtained from it. For the classification of taste, he divided it into three levels: physical taste, emotional taste and artistic taste.
Substantive interest refers to the perception of material things themselves, emotional interest refers to the perception of emotion and meaning caused by things, while artistic interest emphasizes aesthetics and creative experience.
Zhong Rong also discussed the importance of taste in human life. He believes that interest has multiple functions, such as enlightening wisdom, cultivating sentiment, adding interest and promoting cultural inheritance. Through in-depth understanding and experience of taste, people can gain a more delicate understanding and feeling of the world, improve their aesthetic ability and enrich their emotional experience of life.
Zhong Rong emphasized the close relationship between taste and culture. He believes that interest is not only the expression of cultural tradition, but also the generation and shaping of cultural tradition. Various customs, rituals, music and operas in cultural traditions all have specific flavors, which are passed down from generation to generation, making these flavors unique cultural symbols.
Zhong Rong's interest theory is a unique and excellent cultural treatise. This paper expounds the importance and function of taste in human life and cultural tradition through a comprehensive discussion of taste. This book not only has an important guiding significance for us to deeply understand the traditional culture of China, but also has a positive impact on cultivating our aesthetic ability and enriching our life experience.
Zhong Rong's Theory of Interest is a cultural treatise by Zhong Rong, an ancient Chinese cultural scholar. This book was written by Zhong Rong in the late Tang Dynasty. On the whole, it is a reflection and summary of China's cultural tradition. Through the discussion of interest, this paper expounds Zhong Rong's unique views on life, culture and aesthetics.