The Interpretation of the Creating Truth Ecological Aesthetic connotation in "Jiezhou Xuehua Bian" and Its Contemporary Value

Abstract

"Jiezhou Xuehua Bian" (《芥舟學畫編》)is a systematic painting work that emerged in the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is unique in the history of Chinese painting theory. The author Shen Zongqian emphasizes that painting should not be seen as a game like "play with objects for emotions"(玩物適情), but rather focuses on elucidating the truth of the "painting path"(畫道), linking the concept of artistic authenticity with the artist's mind and brushwork skills. His artistic concept of "creating truth"(創真) has evolved through two stages: firstly, starting from the theory of artistic creation of truth, constructing the living environment of the real world; The second is the artistic language created by the creative subject with Tao Rong thinking (陶鎔心性)which combines the heart and nature of brushwork and ink, and enters a feeling in harmony aesthetic(審美感合) state of integrating "human feelings" and "physics" in the composition of language theory. On the other hand, Shen Zongqian's theory of "creating truth" has always been inseparable from creative practice, indicating that painting creation is not imitative, but should explore the way of running through brush and ink like nature, continuing from ancient to modern times. The ecological aesthetic connotation contained in it still has positive value for contemporary art education.