Abstract: Ji Kang's harmony ideology is not only the core concept of his articleNo Sadness in Music,but also the model context in ancient Chinese theory of musical aesthetics.Exploring harmony issue from aesthetic object,subject and music itself,he indicated that the essence of music was its harmony derived from natural cosmos which referred to the natural properties of music.In Ji Kang's opinion,people created a harmonious combination of sounds,which achieved an emotional outlet to meet people's physical and psychological needs.He denoted that the root function of music was to make people's heart serene,and the highest state of harmonious music is the unity of goodness and beauty.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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