Listen to this articlechéng huái wèi xiàng 澄怀味像
Clear the Mind to Savor the Image
指放空心灵，抛却一切世俗干扰与功利之心，在虚静空明的心境中，观赏、品味由“道”所呈现的物象。“澄怀”是“味像”的前提，唯有不受客观束缚与世俗影响的审美才最接近于“道”。此时，物与我消泯了界限，审美者可由玩味山水而与“道”相通，体会到精神的真正自由与超越。“澄怀味像”是中国古代山水画理论中的重要术语，属于艺术直觉论，它是对老子思想“涤除玄览”的继承与发展，启发了书法、文学等其他领域的创作理论。
This refers to emptying one’s mind, casting aside all kinds of worldly interference and eliminating the desire for fame and fortune. In a state of thorough, lucid serenity, one can observe and enjoy physical objects as manifested by Dao. “Clearing the mind” is the precondition for “savoring aesthetic images.” People’s appreciation of beauty can approach the infinite Dao only by breaking loose from worldly constraints and vulgar influences. At that very moment, the boundary between oneself and external objects disappears. The beholder, feasting eyes on beautiful mountains, rivers and lakes, achieves communion with Dao and thus attains a true mental freedom and transcendence. “Clearing the mind to savor the image” is an important term in traditional Chinese landscape painting theory; categorically, it belongs to artistic intuitionism. It carries on and further develops Laozi’s notion of cleansing away all distracting thoughts and watching the world with a clear, peaceful mind, which inspires theories of creativity in calligraphy, literature and other artistic fields.
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◎圣人含道映物，贤者澄怀味像。（宗炳《画山水序》）
（圣人内心涵蕴了“道”因而能映照万事万物，有才德的人放空心灵因而能体味“道”所呈现的物象。）
Sages illuminate objects by embracing Dao, and virtuous people clear the mind to savor the image. (Zong Bing: On the Creation of Landscape Painting)
◎（宗炳）有疾还江陵。叹曰：“老疾俱至，名山恐难遍睹，唯当澄怀观道，卧以游之。”（《宋书·隐逸传·宗炳》）
（［宗炳］生病之后回到江陵。感叹说：“我老了，又病了，恐怕难以遍游名山，只有放空心灵而体味“道”所呈现的物象，在屋里躺着观看山水画而权当亲身游历了。”）
Zong Bing returned home to Jiangling after falling ill. He said with a sigh: “I’m old and don’t feel well now, so I am no longer able to travel and see famous mountains. All I can do now is to unleash my spiritual self and appreciate objects presented by Dao. I will observe landscapes while lying in bed, which is almost like I was there.” (The History of the Song of the Southern Dynasties)
