荆浩《笔法记》“度物象而取其真”命题释义

“度物象而取其真”是荆浩《笔法记》中最有价值的美学命题。“度”是一种当下圆成的直觉观照;“取”不是人为的获取,而是顺应地禀受,是心灵与物象的冥合为一。“度物象而取其真”是一种触物即真、即现象即本体的认知结构,它不求超越物象以获真实,亦非要艺术家赋予对象以生命,而是说艺术的价值在于生命与存在本身。艺术创造的至境是,让存在的意义自由自在地呈现。这在中国美学史上有其独特贡献。

An Interpretation for "Pondering over Aesthetic Objects and Catching their Basic Truths" in Jing Hao's Bi Fa-Ji

"Pondering over aesthetic objects and catching their basic truths" is the most valuable aesthetic proposition in Jing Hao's Proposition."Pondering over"(度)is one kind of immediate,complete and intuitive contemplation,and "catching"(取)does not imply to gain by artificial means but to accept things naturally,a whole integration of person's mind and the aesthetic objects.This proposition is a kind of cognitive structure about whatever one touches it should be true,and a thing means a thing in itself at the same time.This proposition does not ask for truths transcending over physical objects,but instead that art's value lies in their inner lives and in their unique beings.The perfect state of artistic creation is to let the meaning and value of the object being presented freely.