Beauty has become almost synonymous with goodness is the second level of semantic meaning of beauty

Beauty has become almost synonymous with goodness is the second level of semantic meaning of beauty.

Benevolence means: goodness, good deeds, good, friendly, familiar, do well, good at, well, easy, surname.

In traditional Chinese culture, the concept of "good and evil" is very important. However, not many people have been able to get the concept of "good and evil" right. The implication is that the so-called "good and evil" is not the good and bad that people often talk about, but has a much richer connotation.

Beauty is a common Chinese character, first written in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty.

The ancient character for "beauty" looks like a person standing with a headdress on, and in its original meaning it refers to being beautiful and good-looking. In addition to denoting the beauty of concrete things, "Mei" is also used to denote an abstract meaning.

For example, to describe a person of high moral character is called "virtue". Beautiful things often give people a pleasant feeling, so "beauty" has a satisfactory meaning, "beauty" is also sometimes used as a verb, refers to praise; also refers to make it beautiful.

Difference between beauty and goodness:

1, from the utilitarian relationship, goodness is directly linked to utilitarianism, the measure of whether a thing is good or not, is to the social utility as an objective criterion, such as whether a certain moral behavior is beneficial to society. And beauty and utilitarianism is an indirect connection, utilitarianism is latent in the image.

2, from the content and form, although the good has a form, but the main is not about the form, but also can not take into account the form, people grasp the good is mainly through the concept of the object to reveal the nature of the function;

And the beauty of the unity of the content and form on the basis of the focus on the form, emphasizing the content to be manifested as a vivid image.

3. Goodness is the object of volitional activity (purpose, utilitarianism), while beauty is the object of cognition and appreciation that evokes emotional joy.