《乐记》是我国古代第一部比较系统的音乐美学著作,它实际上系统地总结了孔子以来的先秦儒家音乐美学思想,其价值及地位堪与亚里士多德的《诗学》相比。一、《乐记》的基本内容(一)关于乐的起源与本质《乐记》中所谓的“乐”兼指诗、歌、舞三者,但其主要以音乐为主。这是因为先秦轴心时代离开人类的上古时代不远,还保留着原始时代诗、歌、舞三位一体的情状。《乐记》认为,人的内心情感的抒发是通过音乐来表现的,这是 “Music Notes” is the first systematic comparative study of music aesthetics in ancient China. It actually systematically summarizes the musical aesthetics thoughts of pre-Qin Confucianism since Confucius, and its value and status can be compared with Aristotle’s “Poetics” ratio. First, the basic content of “Music” (A) about the origin and nature of music “Music” in the so-called “music ” refers to both poetry, song and dance, but mainly music. This is because the pre-Qin axis era not far from the ancient times of mankind, but also retains the original epoch poem, song and dance trinity. “Music in mind” that the expression of human emotion is expressed through music, this is