Reading analysis of Chinese character aesthetics

Aesthetics contained in Chinese characters

Luo dongqing

Legend has it that the ancients were full of awe and admiration for the creation of words, and the synaesthesia of China people to words was condensed in the consciousness of respect and cherish for words in later generations. The birth of Chinese characters has not been verified. However, we can still feel the vivid and agile spirit from the traces described by the ancients. This spirit is embodied in Chinese characters, calligraphy, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronzes, bamboo slips and silk books. One of the greatest creations of the Chinese nation is undoubtedly the cultural symbol of Chinese characters.

Judging from the origin of characters, even pinyin characters need certain shapes as symbols to express sounds. In other words, fundamentally speaking, the unity of form and sound is the inevitable destination of all characters. The western phonetic symbols are based on letters, which are the basis of phonetic notation and generate words, which become the meaning elements of written expression in western languages. Chinese characters are not. Xu Shen's Preface to Explaining Words says: Cang Xie's early book, Gai Yi is like pictographic characters, so it is called the text. After that, the form and sound benefit each other, that is, the word. The writer is the foundation of image; Words breed milk (1). Sleep more. The importance of hieroglyphics is emphasized here. The characters gain philosophical significance. The difference between Chinese characters and letters is that Chinese characters appear in a compound form of sound and shape. Different from western letters, this word contains the meaning of nurturing milk, which appears in the form of words, so it has infinite creativity in the ecological sense.

Therefore, from hieroglyphics to hieroglyphics, Chinese characters have made a leap. The picture is further formalized, the painting is further abstracted, and the characters are gradually pictographed. That is to say, Chinese characters are generally recognized as characters whose form, sound and meaning are integrated. There is a seemingly strange phenomenon here, that is, Chinese characters are described as ideographic characters.

Judging from the above evolutionary thinking about the form of characters, it seems that the best choice is that ideographic characters choose a suitable position from the order of pictures, pictograms, ideographs and phonograms to define Chinese characters. However, from the perspective of letters, it seems feasible to speak western words to express sounds; But the status of letters and Chinese characters in China is obviously not equal. Chinese characters correspond to western words. And isn't western writing ideographic? So there is a concept dislocation, a rather absurd reference imbalance. Its internal reason can not but be attributed to a cultural and psychological appeal. However, the complexity of Chinese characters is ignored in such a single-line evolution theory.

As a combination of form, sound and meaning, Chinese characters are criticized for their pictographs. But it is precisely because of hieroglyphics that Chinese characters have unique aesthetic attributes, and the most unique art form in the world, namely calligraphy, has been derived. Chinese characters are symbols with rich cultural connotations, which integrate information from different ways and media. Pictures, pictographic characters, ideographic characters and phonetic characters are intelligently condensed in the unique symbols of Chinese characters, which can be freely expressed and become an aesthetic miracle. The aesthetics of Chinese characters lies in their unique cultural characteristics. In some people's eyes, backwardness is precisely the greatness of Chinese characters.

(Selected from Knowledge of Literature and History, No.4, 20 15)

Note ① Milk breeding: reproduction and derivation.

1. Among the following statements about Chinese characters, the one that does not conform to the original meaning is () (3 points).

A. Now people can't know exactly how Chinese characters were born from the literature, but those beautiful Chinese characters that are still in use today can still bring us a lot of imagination and beauty.

B Shuo Wen Jie Zi Xu believes that Chinese characters appear in the two forms and sounds of characters, which are the same as Pinyin, and are also the combination of form and sound in the fundamental sense.

C. The integration of form, sound and meaning of Chinese characters makes people think that Chinese characters are ideographic characters. This view is based on the four stages of the development of Chinese characters: pictures, pictographic characters, ideographic characters and phonographic characters.

D. one of the reasons why Chinese characters are criticized is their pictographic nature. The pictographic characters of Chinese characters endow this cultural symbol with unique aesthetic attributes, thus producing a unique calligraphy art in the world.

2. The following analysis and understanding of the article, one that does not conform to the meaning of the text is () (3 points)

A. the legend of cangjie's word-making embodies the complex feelings of the ancients about word-making. The ancient people's respect and love for paper with words showed their thoughts of admiration and worship for the words themselves.

B. From the analysis of the origin of characters, all characters need form as a symbol to express the pronunciation of characters, but the difference between Chinese characters and pinyin characters is that Chinese characters appear in the form of characters.

C. Chinese characters are a big leap from pictograph to pictograph. At this time, Chinese characters are characterized by more formal pictures, more abstract paintings and more pictographic characters.

D. The unique cultural characteristics of Chinese characters make Chinese characters contain aesthetics, but some people regard the aesthetics of Chinese characters as a symbol of backwardness and completely ignore the problem that Chinese characters can develop for a long time because of their aesthetic characteristics.

3. According to the original content, one of the following incorrect understandings and analysis is () (3 points)

A. The generation of Chinese characters is a great creation of the Chinese nation with a long history. The process of this creation is still preserved in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronzes, bamboo slips and silk books, which has become the pride of the Chinese nation.

B pictographic characters are classified into classes, so the so-called characters mean that when Cangjie makes characters, it first draws shapes according to the characteristics of things. This is the so-called writing, which is the basis of objects and an important way to create characters.

C the basic element of pinyin is letters, and then ideographic characters are generated, which is equivalent to the character function of Chinese characters. It is wrong for some people to equate Chinese characters with pinyin letters.

D. Chinese characters can integrate information from different modes and media, and are cultural symbols that condense the wisdom of pictures, pictographs, ideograms, phonograms and other contents and can be freely expressed.

Reference answer

B the second paragraph of the original text mentioned that Chinese characters are composed of characters that are the basis of five images, and words that are beneficial to form and sound refer to words rather than the relationship between words.

However, some people regard the aesthetics of Chinese characters as a symbolic mistake. The article says that the backwardness in some people's eyes is precisely the backwardness in the greatness of Chinese characters, which means that the symbolism of Chinese characters does not lose the aesthetics contained in Chinese characters; At the same time, the problem that Chinese characters can develop for a long time because of their aesthetic characteristics is unfounded.

Oracle bones, bronzes and bamboo silks still retain the process of creation. The first paragraph of the article means that the spirit of Chinese characters (the aesthetics contained in Chinese characters) stays in the traces described by the ancients and condenses in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronzes, bamboo and silk, rather than the creation process of Chinese characters.