Value Implication of The Aesthetic Education Thought of The Tao Te Ching
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https://doi.org/10.53797/ujssh.v4i1.35.2025Keywords:
Tao Te Ching, aesthetic education, value implications, natural harmony, self-educationAbstract
The idea of aesthetic education in the Tao Te Ching has profound implications, not only the in-depth portrayal of aesthetic experience, ideal personality and aesthetic realm, but also the right vivid interpretation of the cultural essence of "educating people with beauty". The ideas of aesthetic education contained in Tao Te Ching can profoundly influence the active factors in the principles, profound contents, educational goals, and practical approaches of modern aesthetic education. The idea of aesthetic education contained in the Tao Te Ching has important value implications such as building an aesthetic personality, cultivating self-awareness, strengthening goal guidance, and motivating self-education. The excavation of the value implication of the aesthetic education ideology of the Tao Te Ching is an important practice to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
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