气韵"是中国美学最有代表性的范畴之一,它的哲学基础是中国古代哲学中的天人和一说。在宇宙层面,气为宇宙和万物的本原,韵则为表现气的一种内在精神气质;气为阳,韵为阴,气为乾,韵为坤。在道德层面,气韵体现主体的人格性情和心灵境界;在文章层面,气韵表现了作品的意味和境界。了解气韵的深层涵义对于我们把握中国古典美学和当今文艺作品研究有不可或缺的重要作用。 Qi Yun is one of the most representative categories of Chinese aesthetics, and its philosophical basis is the heaven and humanity in the ancient Chinese philosophy. On the cosmic level, the gas is the primitive and the rhyme of the universe and all things. An inner spiritual temperament; the gas is positive, the rhyme is yin, the gas is dry, the rhyme is kun. At the moral level, qi yun embodies the personality and spiritual realm of the subject; and on the article level, qi yun expresses the meaning and realm of the work. The deep meaning of rhyme has an indispensable and important role for us to grasp the study of Chinese classical aesthetics and today’s literary and artistic works.