title: Chinese theories of “mud” music and poetry
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metadata.value: Kravtsova, Marina Ye.
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metadata.value: 2023-04-27T19:57:45Z
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metadata.value: 2023-04-27T19:57:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Kravtsova M. Ye. Chinese theories of “mud” music and poetry. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2023, vol. 39, issue 1, pp. 145–158. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.112 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.112
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41386
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metadata.value: The article is focused on analysis of ideas of human creative activities in its connections with
  the spiritual life of society and state board system, which were among the fundamental problems
  of the Ancient Chinese thought, begging with its originative stage (mid 1st cent. BCE).
  The problem received a particular development in Confucian thought, and initially was applied
  to musical types of art (“music-Yue”), endowed with special metaphysical properties.
  Going from the analysis of original theoretical works the fact of formation of the holistic
  concept of “mud music” (yin yue) is argued. As “mud” is offered with a certain proportion of
  conditionality to translate the character yin, originally designated the river flow released from
  the coast and mixed with mud and, later, turned into a categorical term, which transmitted
  the totality of human Vices and related actions: immorality (including sexual behavior), debauchery,
  etc., and which is usually rendered in English as “excessive, licentious, obscene”. It is
  stated, that the spread of “mud music”, born by ethnical (barbarian) musical folklore, within
  the native Chinese social and cultural compound was considered by the Chinese thinkers to
  be the embodiment of its spiritual degradation, starting with the ruling elite. The growing
  popularity of “mud music” aggravated the further fall of the public moral foundations, inevitably
  leading to the decease of the state. At the end of this millennium, the ideas of “mud music”
  were transferred to poetic creativity. As a result, it is assumed that the Chinese philosophy and
  aesthetic thought were originally inherent in the notions of creative activity, expressing the
  most Vile human qualities and aspirations, and which was endowed with the ability to render
  debasing impact on the individual, human society and the world order.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 39; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: China
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Zhou epoch
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Han epoch
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theories of creative activities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: musical types of art
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: poetry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: excessive artistic activity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Chinese theories of “mud” music and poetry
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metadata.value: Article
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