Cultural Morphology and Poetic Discourse:The Two Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics

Compared to western Aesthetics which has formed a kind of specialized knowledge,traditional Chinese Aesthetics just has existed as a general cultural morphology.Correspondent with the difference,western Aesthetics has developed theoretical discourse,whereas traditional Chinese Aesthetics has chosen poetic discourse as the main way of expression.Cultural morphology and poetic discourse not only has embodied the native spirit of traditional Chinese Aesthetics,but also has brought a light to contemporary literary and artistic criticism as they are so helpful to bridge the gap between to know and to experience.