Taoist Metaphysics and the Aesthetic Consciousness of Qing during the Six Dynasties(220-589)

The Taoist metaphysics takes Qing as beauty and has exerted tremendous impact on the formation of aesthetic consciousness. Qing emphasizes the beauty of material and spirit, that is, the beauty of ontology. The beauty of Qing is also the non-secular beauty. It is based on the quietism of Taoism, and indicates the aesthetical ideal of Taoism, which tends to foreground Qing. It was in the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties that Qing, an important concept of the philosophy and aesthetics of original Taoism, turned to be a general aesthetic standard and category. The consciousness of foregrounding Qing is influenced by the metaphysics and is also a great contribution to the traditional Chinese culture aesthetically in the Six Dynasties.