西方美学不承认味觉可以审美,理由是味觉器官必须与审美对象直接接触,距离太近,功利性太强,由此得到的只能是快感而不是美感,因为美感是无功利的。在中国则不同,美与味觉的快感有着不解之缘,自有“美”的概念起二者就密不可分。我们看“美”字的构造,无论“羊人说”还是“羊犬? Western aesthetics does not recognize that taste can be aesthetic. The reason is that the taste organ must be in direct contact with the aesthetic object. The distance is too close and the utility is too strong. The result is pleasure rather than beauty, because beauty is non-utilitarian. In China, the difference between beauty and pleasure of taste is inextricably linked. The concept of own “beauty” can not be separated from the two. When we look at the construction of the “beautiful” character, no matter whether “shepherd says” or "sheep dog?