Abstract
Zong Baihua has been called “the father of modern Chinese aesthetics”: his essay is a work of great erudition, quoting widely from the writings of classical Chinese poets, philosophers, and painters from the Daoist adept Wang Xizhi (303–61), via the High Tang (712–61) and Northern Song (960–1127) dynasties, to the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). The breadth of his knowledge is extraordinary and embraces Daoism, Confucianism, the Chan Buddhism that was dominant in the Tang and Song dynasties, and even the poetry of Hölderlin, Goethe, and William Blake. This rich collection of sources is used to explore universal questions such as the essential nature of poetry and art; artistic creation and the artistic realm; the meditative state and human emotions; music and rhythm; dance and order; and the techniques of Chinese painting.
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