关键词: 林泉高致, 可游可居, 人文精神

Abstract:

In the book Lin Quan Gao Zhi (Flawless Taste about Woods and Fountain), Kuo Hsi clearly pointed out that landscape performs the function of “touring and living”^[1]. “Touring and living” is actually the affinity between man and nature. In the process of viewing landscapes or landscape paintings, humans as the major subject satisfy their own aesthetic needs, realize their spiritual pursuits, and feel themselves intoxicated. Therefore, the function of “touring and living” is actually a manifestation of the humanistic spirit. The theme of exploring the harmonious coexistence of man and nature runs through the entire history of Chinese landscape paintings, and has different but relatively consistent manifestations in different periods. This article starts from the two aspects, namely from painting practice in the history of Chinese landscape paintings and the aesthetic thought, to discuss the aesthetic connotation of “touring and living” in Lin Quan Gao Zhi.

Key words: Lin Quan Gao Zhi (Flawless Taste about Woods and Fountain), touring and living, humanistic spirit