Judgement in Literature

严译

1) All art reproduces external reality in its mental aspect; but the arts—except poetry, which is the highest form of literature... ( Worsford, 1900: p. 11 )

2) which he thus covers present to the eye the appearance of a landscape or of an interior. Moreover, in painting, the prominence given to the mental aspect of the reality thus represented is greater than in sculpture—and...they are known —or the exact appearance of nature, that is represented in the picture. (3)

夫界说曰：托意写诚谓之美术，意主观也，诚客观也。(篇一)

大抵其意景中之悬像耳，惟其不背于物则，故曰，写诚亦惟其景生于意中。故曰，托意彼之所为将不仅描摹仿效……美术之事皆写其意中之真像……(篇一)

3) Art then is the presentation of the real in its mental aspect. (4)

美术者何？曰：托意写诚是为美术。(篇二)