The influence of Taoist thought on Chinese culture

The influences are as follows:

The influence of Taoist thought, especially that of the Taoist Laozhuang school, on Chinese literature and art, exceeded that of the Hundred Schools of Thought, as well as Confucianism and Buddhism, and this influence is so great that it has not yet become obsolete.

Many modern literary and artistic masters, such as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Hu Shi, Zhou Zuoren, Lin Yutang, Abolitionist, Shi Jincun, Shen Congwen, Wang Zengqi, Fan Zeng, Ah Cheng, Han Shaogong, Yan Lianke, Gao Xingjian, etc., have been profoundly affected by Taoism, and there is a strong sense of Taoism in their works, so much so that some people regarded Gao's winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature as the "the triumph of Zhuangzi."

Consolidatedly, the influence of Taoism on Chinese literature and art is mainly reflected in three aspects.

1, aesthetic outlook

The Taoists advocated that Taoism should be based on nature, so the pursuit of natural beauty became the highest state of Chinese literature and art.

2, literary creation

is "clear water out of the hibiscus, natural to carve ornaments"; reflected in the art of painting, is the ink painting simple and implicit style of both God and form.

3, the art of architecture

is the private garden "although made by people, just like from heaven" mood; reflected in the art of music, is the guqin "clear and elegant" music character.

At the same time, Taoism advocates the self-development of nothing, forgetting the words, so it also makes the formation of literature and art of the aesthetic pursuit of the real and the imaginary. At the same time, due to the close relationship between Taoist thought and the prosperity of the world, so it helps to increase the grandeur of literature and art, and in the decline of the world of Taoist thought is the literati's spiritual pillar of healing trauma, so it creates the artistic style of literature and art of openness and relaxation.

In addition, Taoism advocates that the high and the low follow each other in a positive and negative way, which greatly influences the structure of Chinese literature and art. Chinese architecture, especially gardens, always pursues the effect of repeated twists and turns to show the first suppression, to be straight and curved, and to be put away first, and the story process of novels and operas is mostly the same: first from the merger to the division, and then through countless twists and turns in the middle, and then from the division to the merger in the end, with the ending of a great reunion.

Expanded information:

"Tao" is an important category of ancient Chinese philosophy, used to describe the world's The Tao is an important category in ancient Chinese philosophy, which is used to describe the origin, essence, law or principle of the world. In the history of Chinese philosophy, the category of "Tao" was first introduced by the Taoists.

The original meaning of "Tao" refers to a road or a straight path, and later it was gradually developed into "reason", which is used to express the regularity of things. This change took place over a long period of time.

Late in the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi was the first to regard the Tao as the origin and universal law of the universe, and became the founder of Taoism. Later, its meaning varied in different philosophical systems, but it basically became synonymous with the world's origin, essence, law or principle.

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