A Survey of the Aesthetics in the Han and the Wei Dynasty

The period of the Qin, the Han, the Wei and Jin Dynasty is a typical one when China’s aesthetics developedand split. The aesthetics in the Qin and the Han Dynasty has the trait of magnificence and elegance which is embodied in Fu, Licalligraphy and stone reliefswith the cultural themes on historical events and with their own aesthetic creation. The aesthetics in the Wei and the Jin Dynasty had two new orientations, that is, nature-orientated aesthetics and life-oriented aesthetics, and its calligraphy reached a high level. This period produced some theoretical works on artisticcreation and appreciation as well as on the concept of aesthetics which laid down a social foundation for the coming of the best time of classic aesthetics. Thus, the aesthetics in the Han and the Wei Dynasty will have much reference value for understanding the similaritiesand traits of the development of aesthetics in China.