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How to understand the aesthetic view of "aesthetic education is good, beauty and goodness are integrated" in China ancient music art

China's musical aesthetic thought came into being very early, which can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty 2800 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period after the Western Zhou Dynasty, a hundred schools of thought contended, and hundred schools of thought contended, and philosophical thoughts developed rapidly. People's thinking and aesthetic consciousness of "beauty" gradually deepened, forming the most active historical period of China's ancient aesthetic thoughts. Confucius was the founder of Confucian music thought in this period, and his outstanding contribution was to divide beauty and goodness into different categories. It is believed that the combination of the two is the basic principle of music aesthetics. Therefore, he regards the "beauty" of music as the category of art and associates it with "goodness", that is, he always associates the "beauty" of music with moral norms. He emphasized the "unity of beauty and goodness" in the music field, that is, the combination of beauty and goodness with Confucius. He is the most influential thinker and educator in the history of China, and also an outstanding musician. Confucius has lived for more than 2500 years, but his musical aesthetic thought of "the unity of beauty and goodness" still has an important influence on the present. Confucius loved music all his life and had extraordinary musical talent. He dabbled in music art by studying music and commenting on music education. He likes reciting poems and singing, and he often uses songs to express his feelings. He not only knows vocal music, rhythm and composition, but also knows a variety of musical instruments, except playing guqin, flute and flute. In addition, he also has profound music education thought and aesthetic ability. In the pre-Qin classics, there are many discussions about the unity of beauty and goodness of Confucius. For example, "The Analects of Confucius Bashu" said: "Confucius said Shao was beautiful and perfect, and Wu was beautiful but not perfect." The running script once explained this record: "Shao's music and dance are extremely beautiful, and his morality is also perfect when he accepts meditation-he is beautiful when he accepts music and dance, but not perfect when he conquers." It is believed that Shao's music not only has a beautiful form, but also has a beautiful content, that is, the spirit of benevolence that he admires. Therefore, whenever he listens to Shao, he will concentrate and get the message. It is said that he is Shao "I don't know the taste of meat in March". It can be seen that Confucius' aesthetic view of music is based on "goodness" and holds that moral goodness is the premise of beauty. Therefore, he measured and evaluated Shao and Wu with the unified scale of music beauty and goodness.