西周用乐状况及相关美学问题

西周是中国礼乐文明的奠基期,也是诗、礼、乐对中国社会开始形成全面影响的时期。音乐不仅涉及贵族日常生活的方方面面,而且是国家大型典礼活动必不可少的组成。从专业乐工、贵族子弟到国家统治者,一条音乐从技术到德性、再到政治性隐喻的不断递升和放大之路已初步呈现。礼乐并举,表现在现实层面上的以礼节乐,最终则表现为乐对礼的融会和超越。所谓西周礼乐政治,是以诗、礼、乐作为隐喻或象征的政治。诗、礼、乐又确实以其真实的形式贯穿于政治活动中,既作为政治的隐喻,又是具体的政治实践手段。诗、乐、舞的层级关系将人的审美经验带入了超越之境;音乐与政治的密切关联则赋予了政治审美韵致,开了后世中国诗性政治的滥觞。

The Music in Western Zhou Dynasty and Its Aesthetics

The Western Zhou is the preliminary period of Chinese ritual and musical civilization,and also the period when poetry,rite and music begin to influence Chinese society comprehensively.Music not only concerns each aspect of the aristocratic life,but also the indispensible part in national ceremony.From professional musician,aristocratic off springs to rulers of the state,the metaphor of music as a technique,virtue to politics can be seen.The simultaneous promotion of rite and music transformed from the restr...