Q0688
“Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm — as its highest:…” — Wang Guowei (Renjian Cihua (Remarks on Lyrics in…)
Verified English quotation. Primary source: Renjian Cihua (Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World), §1. Theme: beauty.
English
Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm — as its highest: with jingjie it naturally attains a lofty style and famous lines of its own.
Source and attribution
The archive attributes this English wording to Renjian Cihua (Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World), §1 and files it under Modern Chinese Thought. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.
About Wang Guowei
Wang Guowei (1877–1927) was a late Qing–Republican scholar who joined classical Chinese learning with Western aesthetics and philosophy. He wrote on tragedy, ci poetry, oracle bones, and the history of Song–Yuan drama.
How to read this passage
Aesthetics asks what beauty is, how taste is educated, and how art discloses truth or shapes moral perception. This passage enters that discussion through beauty, experience.
Concepts in this quote
- Beauty
- Beauty raises questions about judgment, form, pleasure, and whether aesthetic value is subjective or shares standards.
- Experience
- Experience is the lived encounter with world and self—foundation or limit for knowledge, art, and ethics.
How to cite this quotation
APA: Wang Guowei. (n.d.). Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm — as its highest: with jingjie it naturally attains a lofty style and famous lines of its own. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0688
MLA: Wang Guowei. “Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0688.
Chicago: Wang Guowei. “Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0688.
Frequently asked questions
What is the source of the quotation “Ci poetry takes jingjie — the aesthetic realm…”?
The passage is attributed to Wang Guowei, Renjian Cihua (Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World), §1. The archive attributes this English wording to Renjian Cihua (Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World), §1 and files it under Modern Chinese Thought. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.
What does Wang Guowei mean by beauty?
Aesthetics asks what beauty is, how taste is educated, and how art discloses truth or shapes moral perception. This passage enters that discussion through beauty, experience.