Wang Zhenfu¡¶Logical Structure of Category System in Chinese Aesthetics¡·
The2024 Annual Papers of the Shanghai Federation of Social Science Associations:
Logical Structure of Category System in Chinese Aesthetics
Wang Zhenfu
Academic Monthly, No.1, 2024
Abstract:There is a unique category system in Chinese aesthetics. Being a knowledge structure which is unique for Chinese culture and is related to aesthetics, it is a logic network with four dynamic dimensions. It includes the following contents: (A) One logical starting point, i.e., Wuji (the Non-Ultimate). (B) A double philosophical ontology, i.e., the essential Wuji of absolute none, and it combines with a secondary Taiji (the Great Ultimate) of relative none, by Wuji as “firstly ontology” and Taiji as “secondary ontology.” (C) There are three humanistic mainstays, n...
2025-08-20