明末清初徐谼的《谿山琴況》是中國琴樂美學史上最重要的名著,其以二十四況來論述古琴的演奏技巧與美感意境論與司空圖的《二十四詩品》是中國文藝美學思想史上並蒂而開之作。而《谿山琴況》中又以「和」況為二十四況之首,蘊藏著豐富的美學意涵,乃是全文的眼目所在,今本論文之研究即在探討《谿山琴況》的美學範疇-「和」況的意涵,全文論述的重點如下: 壹、前言 貳、《谿山琴況》的創作背景與內外因緣 參、《谿山琴況》美感意境論的論述模式 肆、《谿山琴況》中「和」況的意涵析論 伍、結論 透過上述的探討,筆者擬從文本脈絡的解讀結合彈琴實踐的體驗來研究,提出徐谼如何透過「和」況來綰繫二十四況的審美範疇,將古琴音樂的審美意境及其在古人游藝生活中境界實踐的意義,由抽象的體認及具體的理論提昇到美的藝術境界,以展現撫琴的價值不止是一樣藝術,更是古人體道以實踐自我的方式。
His-Shan's Epithets on Chin Music by Hsu Hong, the end of Ming Dynasty, was a very important treatise on ku-ch'in art in Chinese history of music esthetics. There are 24 esthetical articles of the ku-ch'in art in His-Shan's Epithets on Ch'in Music, touched upon artistic conceptions and esthetical thoughts. By examining and generalizing 24-epithets, then the author reveals the signicificance of harmony among 24 esthetical articles of the ku-ch'in art, and what value the concept of harmony had on His-Shan's Epithets on Ch'in Music.