What are the basic requirements for artistic functions by changing customs?

Changing customs means that literature and art have the aesthetic function of changing social atmosphere and customs.

"Xunzi·Music Theory": "Music is the joy of saints, and it can be good to the people's hearts. It is deeply touching, and it changes customs. Therefore, the former kings introduced rituals and music to bring harmony to the people."

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"Historical Records·Book of Music" "Change the customs and change the customs, and the world will be at peace" Zhang Shouzhi of the Tang Dynasty said: "What goes up is called the wind, and what goes down is called the custom."

"The Classic of Filial Piety·Guangyao Dao" ": "No one is good at music when changing customs."

"Southern History: Preface to the Biography of Xunli": "As for morality and etiquette, changing customs is not inevitable."

Qing Dynasty Gong Zizhen's "Countermeasures": "Everyone who has kept an order for a long time has the right to change customs."

Story:

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the social order was very unstable, although the national strength was certain. recovery, but the social atmosphere has not changed significantly. Jia Yi was deeply concerned about this problem and wrote to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty: Although the political power has changed, social customs still exist, and the mission of changing customs and making people move towards the right path cannot be shied away, and cannot be dealt with only by correspondence.

"Music" believes that music can "good people's hearts", "change customs" and make people closer. This is to explain the influence of art on people's emotions, to use art to infect people, so as to achieve the purpose of changing customs and adjusting people's relationships. In Chinese classical aesthetics, ritual and music are unified. The "imitation theory" focuses more on "pleasure".

Aristotle openly admitted in Volume 8 of his "Politics" that "music should be studied, not just for a certain purpose, but for several purposes at the same time, that is (1 ) education, (2) purification, (3) spiritual enjoyment, that is, quietness and rest after intense work."

It also pointed out that after listening to music, you will "feel a relaxed and comfortable pleasure. "Produce a harmless pleasure." Of course, Aristotle also affirmed the cognitive role of literature and art and affirmed that literature and art can teach people to understand and understand life.