A Study on the Aesthetics of Wang Pi–The Viewpoint of "Der Yih Wan Yan"

Author:Jui-Liang Chang

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This paper attempts to study the Aesthetics of Wang Pi (王弼). He was known as an outstanding young philosopher during Tsau-Wei (曹魏) period. He died at the early age of 24. He went beyond the realms of names and froms to ultimate reality, namely, original non-being (pen-wu本無).This paper contents are:I. Discussion of yan (言) and yih (意)II. The function of new philosophical method (the method of "Day yih wan yan" 得意忘言)III. Propositional analysis of"Der yih wan shiang"(得意忘象)And "Der shiang wan yan"(得意忘言)Finally, we discover the deepest meaning of Wang Pi`s Aesthetics.

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