从审美方式看中西文化的差异

如果从审美思维方式和审美价值取向的角度去审视中西文化的特征，可以看出中西文化的许多差异。中国文化在艺术传统上坚持以善为美的原则，其核心是尚善；而以古希腊为源头的西方文化则坚持以真为美的原则，其核心是求真。中国文化在艺术追求上是以“韵”为旨归，而西方是以“美”作为其最高审美范畴。本文以审美方式为切入点旨在通过研究中西审美方式的差异以及原因、意义等，对中西文化内在特殊性进行初步的宏观的考察，以便对中西文化进行更深层次的理解和把握。

See difference of Chinese and Western culture from aesthetic way

If the characteristic of the Chinese and Western culture is examined in terms of aesthetic value orientation,the particularity of the Chinese and Western culture can be found out.The Chinese culture insists with the principle of kindness for the virtue traditionally in art,its core is Shangshan;Taking ancient Greece as sourse,the Western culture insists with the principle of truth for the virture,its core is to look for the truth;The Chinese culture regards musical sound as purport and the Western one regards beauty as their highest aesthetic category.The paper regards aesthetic way as the breakthrough point,aiming at studying Chinese and Western aesthetic way's difference,reason and meaning.The preliminary macroscopic investigation to the inherent particularity of Chinese and Western culture has been carried on in order to have a deeper understanding and grasp on the Chinese and Western culture.