Pioneering the aesthetics of Confucian culture was

Confucius founded Confucianism on the basis of inheriting and carrying forward the ritual traditions of the Zhou Dynasty. Confucius took "benevolence" as the fundamental position of Confucianism, and "neutralization" as the core of Confucianism. "Neutralization" is the middle way, the beauty of harmony, which is aimed at the realization of "rites". Confucius and his emphasis on rites and music, that people should abide by the rites and teachings.

Confucian aesthetics is based on "benevolence" and centers on the beauty of "harmony". It emphasizes the cultivation of the individual, the induction of things into the world, the aesthetic consciousness of human feelings in the attitude of things, and the pursuit of the aesthetic realm of "unity of heaven and mankind", which emphasizes the individual while focusing on the harmonious development of human beings, society and nature. Confucianism has a profound influence on the development of Chinese classical aesthetics, and also laid an important foundation for Chinese classical aesthetics.