以饕餮纹为主体的商周青铜器装饰纹样的审美意义和文化内涵历来众说纷纭,但在当代影响最大、流传最广的当属著名美学家李泽厚先生提出的“狞厉说”。他在《美的历程》一书中认为,以饕餮纹样为主体的青铜纹饰突出了一种在“神秘威吓面前的畏怖、恐惧、残酷和凶狠”,让人感到一种 The aesthetic meaning and cultural connotation of the decorative patterns of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which are mainly composed of gluttonous lines, have been divided widely. However, the most influential and widely circulated in contemporary China is the famous “Li Lihou” put forward by the famous esthetician Li Zehou. In his book The History of the Beauty, he argues that the bronze ornamentation, dominated by gluttonous patterns, highlights a form of “fear, fear, cruelty and fierceness” in the face of “mysterious intimidation”