Ji Kang's 嵇康 argument against the presence of emotions in music in “Sound Has Neither Sorrow nor Joy” (sheng wu ai le lun 聲無哀樂論) relies centrally on his claim that harmonious sounds are “without image” (wu xiang 無象). In contrast, the Ru 儒 (Confucian) view of music is that it transmits images and emotions between musicians and listeners, which provides the basis for the musical cultivation of virtue (de 德). In this paper, I provide a reading of Ji Kang's argument that elucidates key differences between music with and without images, and offer an analysis of these differences in terms of intransitive musical meaning.

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带或不带图像的音乐

嵇康的嵇对音乐情感的“声音既没有悲伤，也没有喜悦”的存在康参数（圣武艾乐伦声无哀乐论）集中依赖于他声称，和谐的声音是“无图像”（吴象无象）。与此相反，音乐的孺儒（儒）的观点是，它的音乐家和听众之间传输图像和情绪，它提供了凭借音乐培养的基础（德德）。在本文中，我提供了对Ji Kang的论点的解读，该论点阐明了有图像和无图像音乐之间的主要差异，并从不及格的音乐意义上分析了这些差异。