Abstract:
Zhou Yi inherited the dialectical thought of yin yang theory, which considers nature, the origin of society and the development of social law as the unity of yin and yang,and constructs a systematic frame of interpretation about universe, nature and society.Zhou Yi’s yin and yang theory includes the awareness of early human aesthetic activities and a literary concept named “harmony and integration”(和合) aesthetic ideology, which is an early form of beauty and art in ancient China.The “harmony and integration” aesthetic ideology includes different concepts, such as “wuyiwuwen”(物一无文),“xiangcheng”(相成) and “xiangji”(相济), Zhou Yi called this state “great harmoniousness”(太和).Things of different nature, yin or yang,are united in a contradictory entity, such as “xiangza”(相杂)， “canwu”(参伍),“cuozong”(错综). When yin and yang encounter, they will produce a new thing, such as “wen”(文). The “harmony and integration” aesthetic ideology is put forth based on the theory of yin and yang, which is a unique Chinese aesthetic category, and had an important impact on Chinese traditional poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, opera performances and other art fields. Typical concepts contain “xingshen”(形神)，“qizheng”(奇正)，“qiaozhuo”(巧拙)，“jianfan”(繁简)，“qingjing”(情景)，“yasu”(雅俗)，“dongjing”(动静)，“gurou”(骨肉) and so on. Although there is no direct relationship with yin yang theory, it inherited the spirit of “harmony and integration” aesthetic ideology which embodies the artistic dialectical thinking.
