The tradition of Chinese painting and the spirit of Chinese culture of a few points of interpretation

1. "Humanistic" spirit. The spirit of "humanism" had already sprouted in the Yanhuang era, and later Confucius inherited the humanistic spirit of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and developed it creatively. It is characterized by the importance of human moral cultivation, and advocates through their own cultivation and learning, to become noble and ideal people. Thus, the ancient humanistic spirit placed special emphasis on etiquette, advocated the rule of virtue, pursued social harmony, and ultimately established a world in which "the world is a commonwealth". These humanistic spirits have cultivated the traditional virtues of the Chinese people, such as being enterprising, perseverance, respect for the elderly, relief for the orphans and the disabled, and diligence and thrift in ruling the family and the country. 2. The spirit of "nature". Ancient schools of thought have explored the relationship between human beings and nature from different aspects, that is, the relationship between "heaven and man". The book "Laozi" puts forward the "Tao law of nature", which is the starting point of the spirit of "nature" in Chinese traditional culture, emphasizing the need to recognize nature as it is, without attaching the subjective imagination of human beings. The book Zhuangzi emphasizes that people should respect and care for nature, and puts forward the excellent idea of protecting the ecological balance. 3. The spirit of "odd and even". Our ancestors created the philosophical concepts of "yin" and "yang" in their labor practices. When people use these two concepts to explain the changes in nature and personnel, they summarize the concepts of "odd" and "even" in terms of numbers. For example, from "no sound", "five colors", "five flavors" in the "five" to see the composition and change of things. After the Tang Dynasty, Chinese medicine and by the "gossip" said the influence. Odd and even the clutch, become a significant feature of the ancient way of thinking. So the relative concepts of phasing, safety and security, movement and static, surplus and deficit, respect and inferiority, knowledge and behavior came into being. Confucius's "Meanwhile" and Laozi's theory of "suppressing loss, lifting up and replenishing" are theoretical illustrations of this kind of "odd-even" change. What Song Confucianism calls "splitting into two" is also a combination of odd and even. Observation of "one", to see its own "two"; Finally, it boils down to "one", then people have a true understanding of something. 4, "will pass" spirit. Chinese traditional culture is the result of the creation of the people of all nationalities in China, and at the same time, it has also absorbed the excellent culture of foreign countries, and this kind of continuous absorption and improvement of the characteristics of the spirit is the spirit of "understanding and communication". For example, during the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism and Law were combined. Later on, Confucianism and Taoism became compatible and absorbed the essence of Buddhism. This can be seen very clearly in the history of Chinese culture and thought.