The Ugly Monster Each of Which is Beautiful——Comparison of Chinese and Western Concept of "Ugliness" in Ancient Aesthetic

There are evident differences between Chinese and western appreciation of ugliness,which can also be perceived through people's behavior.Chinese emphasize the negotiation and assimilation between opposites;therefore they can accept and absorb with an open mind.While in western culture,people advocate beauty and stress the opposition and conflicts between beauty and ugliness,so any ugly things is always repellent.China had been influenced by Confucianism,so Chinese recognition/understanding of is partial to moral aspect.By contrast,the west culture is drenched by the philosophy of division between object and subject,thus their understanding of favors the form of it.During the creation of art,Chinese take ugliness as a kind of beauty,while westerners tend to turn ugliness to beauty.