"The beauty of music is actually a kind of entertainment and pleasure that human desires pursue."

"So, Confucius, one of the important promoters of our ancient Chinese music aesthetics, once mainly discussed the beauty of music."

"Music should implement the [benevolence and way], and have the spirit of benevolent love for others, and be perfect. For the first time, the aesthetic standards of music have been raised to the unified height of truth, goodness and beauty."

"How did music come from? In fact, the origin of music developments all over the world is very similar, and I dare not say it is absolutely true, but the initial music must have a strong and close connection with religious sacrifices, such as the sacrificial music of various ethnic groups in China, the Gregorian chant of religion at the beginning of Western classical music, and even some music in South Africa, with a very strong sense of religion."

"In other words, the music view and music aesthetics at that time were all religiously bound."

"And at this moment, Confucius, without saying a word, had completely separated the beauty of music from religion from aesthetics."

Listening to Li Wenyin's story, the foreign guests couldn't help but nod.

The origin of music is indeed inseparable from religion.

"And Xunzi, a descendant of Confucianism, also compiled and summarized the musical aesthetic thoughts in "Theory of Music".

"That is, rituals and music, rituals are the principles!"

"Xunzi believes that after breaking away from religious constraints, we can see that the essence of music is the manifestation of human psychological activities and thoughts and feelings, but if human emotions are not restricted by [ritual], it will inevitably lead to chaos."

"Music itself has an entertainment effect, which is what humans should pursue [beauty] and enjoyment, but human nature is full of desires. When the moral level and knowledge level are not high enough, excessive pursuit of pleasure will definitely cause chaos."

"So, Xunzi affirmed the rationality of human desire to pursue musical enjoyment to a certain extent, but also pointed out another sign of progressive significance, that is, rituals. Since then, rituals and music have gradually developed, and music and rituals are highly unified. When placing emotions, they also pay attention to rituals."

After a combination of punches, the foreign guests were stunned.

Frowning, thinking repeatedly.

The foreign guests could understand what Li Wenyin said, and they seemed to think of some things in the history of music.

If you think about it carefully, many places are really as Li Wenyin said.

Oh, no.

Or...

It's like Confucius and Xunzi said!

Music without "ritual" will inevitably cause confusion even if it makes people happy.

In history, it is not only China that has the so-called "despicable sound"!

If music is rude, it will be filled with various desires and emotions in humans, whether positive or negative.

"The ancient sages' discussion on musical aesthetics was at the beginning a very mysterious philosophical state, such as Mozi, Laozi, and Zhuangzi, who also opposed Confucius' thoughts of ritual and music."

"Mozi is a small producer, so from this narrow-minded idea of ​​the common people, rituals and music are extravagant and wasteful, hindering production. However, based on the background of the times, Mozi's words were actually not unreasonable in the past when productivity was low."

Speaking of this, Li Wenyin couldn't help but shrugging and spread her hands.

"The land is flooded, the cows are running away, and the carbon is stolen. You can't sing a song "Today is a good day" at this time, right?"

"Hahahahaha!"

The foreign guests immediately burst into laughter. With the relaxed atmosphere, they also felt the magnificence of the controversy of hundreds of schools of thought.

"And I am a madman in immortal cultivation, and Zhuangzi is not bad at cultivating immortal cultivation. Therefore, the ideals of the two people are very close, which is to return music to the original world of human virtue, simple and elegant, without distinction between gentlemen and villains, and without rituals and music. Because, with rituals and music, classes and oppositions arise, people will have the heart of fighting, and the original order will be destroyed."

"Of course, looking at it now... Laozi and Zhuangzi are indeed a bit too idealistic, but such idealism actually invisibly gives music more possibilities and more hope."

Li Wenyin smiled.

"Zhuangzi also opposed artificial behavior and rituals and music. Both of them were proficient in the laws of music and art, so they had the earliest musical concept of dialogue with nature."

"I think that the sound is loud and the sound is loud."

"Zhuangzi believes that musical laws are mathematical laws, which are the same as the universe. The harmonious factors in nature are the best music, rhythm, rhythm, rhythm, and rules. Natural beauty is better than artificial beauty, silence is better than sound, and the ultimate joy is not happy!"

"It's really a profound realm!!"

Waltz couldn't help but feel excited and couldn't help but sigh.

It was not until this year that he had been over fifty years, and even standing on the shoulders of a giant, that Master Waltz could see this level of realm.

"The topic returns to what I just said, beauty does not exist."

Li Wenyin's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Beauty is a manifestation of aesthetics. People have given the conclusion of [beauty] through their cognitive and discerning abilities."

"Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties in our country, there was a turning point in aesthetic thought."

"From the origin, essence, characteristics, functions, and even these philosophical and ideological realms, we began to meticulously differentiate to the music's own laws and the special laws of each department for in-depth research."

"I think this may be the most primitive study of music theory!"

"Once upon a time, in the Three Kingdoms era, Ji Kang, a famous thinker, musician and writer, once believed in his book "On the No Sorrow and Music of Sound" that music does not have human emotional content, and its essence lies in the form of sound composed of single, complex, high, pi, supple, and savage. In other words, the beauty of music is actually a kind of [formal beauty]!"

"Music art is highly independent and brings beauty in itself. It is the form of music, not the core, that is,... it emphasizes form over content!!"

"So that's how it is!!"

These foreign musicians understand it as if they were clearing the sky!!

No longer in the fog.

Because... this [formal beauty]ism itself occupies an important position in classical music!!

"No! I don't agree!"

Brick frowned and spoke immediately.
Chapter completed!