Chinese Aesthetics and Its Modern Educational Function in Cultivating Virtue and Cultivating Talents

Based on cultivating virtue and cultivating talents by way of Chinese aesthetics, it is necessary to deeply concern and explore three important theoretical and practical issues: “How can Chinese aesthetics cultivating virtue and cultivating talents?”, “What’s kind of virtues and talents can cultivate from Chinese aesthetics?”, and “How can cultivate virtue and talents by Chinese aesthetics?”. Comparing the educational concepts of Chinese and Western aesthetics, analysis and elaborates on three important characteristics of Chinese aesthetics in cultivating moral character: Recognizing the practicality of “beauty” in “virtue” based on the aesthetic philosophy of “unity of beauty and goodness”; Emphasizing the cultural significance of “beauty” in “virtue” based on the “non-disciplinary” aesthetic system; Pursuing the transcendence of “beauty” over “virtue” based on the aesthetic thinking of “connection between virtual and real”. It clarifies the three important functional aspects of Chinese aesthetics: Firstly, cultivating virtue and talents by daily life at the level of practical aesthetic; Secondly, shaping ideal personality at the level of psychological aesthetics: Thirdly, cultivating personal life realm at the level of philosophical aesthetics. At the end of the paper; the author proposes that five educational paths would achieve goal of cultivating virtue and cultivating talents, by way of Chinese art, life, nature, personality, and classics in Chinese aesthetics.