Confucius' Aesthetic Education Concept of Golden Mean

is both the essential spirit of Chinese culture and the core concept of Confucius' aesthetic concept.Confucius' aesthetic education concept of Golden Mean is based on the traditional Chinese concept of Golden Mean which advocates the satisfaction of reasonable desires of the individual and the meeting of the standards of social ethics,that is,a middle course that stresses the control of the aesthetic object and subject by social ethics.Its basic features are the harmony between ritual and music,neither too happy nor too miserable,pursuit of perfection and politeness,which have some irreplaceable value to the formation of noble personality and the enhancement of life.