“和谐” 是美学理论与实践中最重要的一个范畴,也是在美学史上最早涉及的一个范畴。从中国“和谐” 观的起源来看,中国“和谐”是因功利需求而产生,为功利目的服务的。在自然、社会和宇宙的三级和谐体系里.中国古代士人,以人格理想为依托,构建了三级循环的人生实践轨迹。从人类社会发展史的角度看,在人们生产实践中遭遇困难的时候,人们更多地寻找征服自然的途径,人与自然的和谐 “Harmony” is the most important category in the theory and practice of aesthetics. It is also one of the earliest categories involved in the history of aesthetics. Judging from the origin of the concept of “harmony” in China, “harmony” in China arises from utilitarian demand and serves the purpose of utilitarianism. In the three-level system of harmony between nature, society and the universe, scholars in ancient China built a three-stage cycle of life practice based on the personality ideal. From the perspective of the history of the development of human society, when people encounter difficulties in their production practices, people are looking for more ways to conquer nature and the harmony between man and nature