康德的“崇高”与先秦“大”美之比较

A Comparison between Kant’s “Sublime” and Pre-Qin’s “Great” Beauty

摘要: “崇高”是典型的西方审美范畴，康德的“崇高论”代表了西方的“崇高”观念的经典内涵。中国古典美学没有“崇高”的概念，但却有与之相似的表达“大”美的概念，并且中华文化最具代表性的儒道两家都对“大”美有着深刻的阐释。本文旨在比较康德的“崇高”和我国先秦儒道的“大”美之异同，从而对中西方不同的审美文化观念进行深入理解。

Abstract: “Sublime” is a typical western aesthetic category, and Kant’s “sublime theory” represents the classical connotation of the western concept of “sublime”. There is no concept of “sublime” in Chinese classical aesthetics, but there is a similar concept of expressing “great” beauty, and the most representative Confucian and Taoist schools of Chinese culture have a profound interpretation of “great” beauty. The purpose of this paper is to compare the “sublime” of Kant with the “great” beauty of pre-Qin Confucianism and Taoism in China, so as to deeply understand the different aesthetic cultural concepts of China and the West.