Throughout the book, what impressed me first was the concise and clear language. Aesthetics is a profound knowledge. For outsiders, it is naturally difficult to bring a heavy book with professional language. On Beauty, a modest book, can explain many aesthetic viewpoints in a few languages, so that people who understand aesthetics for the first time can think and inspire. This makes people lament the author's simple state, but "simplicity" must be followed by "depth", so it is impossible to have a deep understanding of this subject. In fact, Zhu Guangqian is indeed the master and founder of China's modern aesthetics. As can be seen from the title of this book, he came to "talk about beauty" with us, not "talk about beauty", but "talk about beauty".
Some people may say that there are still so many ills to be solved in today's society that there is no mind to study aesthetics at all! The author responded to this at the beginning:
"People must have the spirit of being born to do a good job in the cause of joining the WTO. ..... Art activity is "doing nothing". In my opinion, people who talk about learning or doing business should have a spirit of "governing by doing nothing", regard their learning career as a work of art, and only seek to satisfy their ideals and interests, so as not to suffer from loss, in order to achieve some tangible achievements. Great undertakings are based on a broad vision and an open mind. "
-"People must have an innate spirit to do a good job in the cause of joining the WTO", which hit the nail on the head. For non-aesthetic researchers, reading aesthetics is not to escape from reality and immerse themselves in the romantic and illusory ideal world created by themselves, but to enhance their spiritual realm-that is, "avoiding vulgarity" as the author puts it-in order to broaden their minds, cultivate open-minded sentiments, touch and observe the world with a beautiful attitude, and thus achieve their career, purify and enhance their life.
"The artistry of life" is one of the themes of the author's statement. The author thinks that "real life" is only a part of "whole life", and the two are not equal; There is a certain distance between art and "real life", but "overall life" in a broad sense is not far from art, and the two can be integrated. The author thinks that "art is the expression of interest, and the root of interest lies in life" and "life is an art in a broader sense, and everyone's life history is his own work". Our life span is the material of a work of art, only depending on how we manage and create it and turn it into a beautiful work of art.