Poetry and Power of Judgment

This book examines Chinese traditional poetry with an emphasis on the sources of pleasure in creating and enjoying classical Chinese poems and the basis for valid aesthetic judgments about poetry.

Song Ye is currently a lecturer at Hebei University, China. His research interests include the Chinese classical poetics, Chinese and Western aesthetics, and Chinese classical poems. He is also a poet and has published his own classical poetic work, Collection of Poetic Insights (Yuanshi Ji, 2018).

Introduction 1. Beyond aesthetic tastes: Why can beauty make universal claim? 2. Universal cognitive laws upon which aesthetic judgment of Chinese classical poetry is grounded 3. The proposition with the most salient cognitive attributes in the history of Chinese poetics: Poetry is founded upon the power of judgment 4. The relationship among "aspiration," "emotion," and "judgment," and the intermediary role of "intent" 5. An analysis of the cognitive nature of "intent" 6. How qi (vital force) and ge (manner) lead to the issue of "judgment": The examination on qi and ge 7. "Principle" (li) and "judgment": An examination of "principle" 8. "Ideorealm" and "judgment": Cognitive issues in "ideorealm"