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PAGE 3 中 国 舞 蹈* * This is originally the outline of a lecture I gave to the students of Oriental Studies at Cambridge University in 1989, and now I have made it more detailed for the M. A. students of English Literature at Zhongshan University, Guangzhou. Chinese Dance 诗，言其志也；歌，咏其声也；舞，动其容也。三者本于心，然后乐器从之。是故情深而文明，气盛而化神，和顺积中，而英华发外，惟乐不可以为伪。 ——《乐记·乐象篇》 To achieve the greatest effect with the least effortthat is the most graceful movement. —— Plato I. Classification of Dances A. Recreational dance B. Educational dance C. Ritual dance D. Theatrical dance No demarcation line between them. II. Chinese Theatrical Dance Classical dance Folk dance III. Chinese Classical Dance: History and Classification History Origins of dance a. Witchcraft and dance b. Martial arts and dance c. Other daily activities and dance (“Tasting Dance”) History of Chinese dance Prior to the Qin Dynasty “ Arm-in-arm trotting while singing” （连臂踏歌）the oldest image of Chinese dance painted on the pottery bowl unearthed in Da Tong（大通）County, Qinghai, in 1973. Theories on music and dance in the Period of “ A Hundred Schools Contend” Confucian idea of music and dance (See the quotation on top of this page): Based on the understanding of the important influence of music and dance on man’s thoughts and feelings, Confucianism considers music and dance as an effective means of education, which can help to consolidate the ruling of the state. (礼乐刑政，其极一也。) Mo Zi’s negative attitude towards music and dance (Anti-music, or《非乐》三篇, Only the first chapter exists.): Unlike the Confucians, Mo Zi holds that music and dance are of little importance to politics and to the administration of the state. He is so radical that he denies the social function of music and dance, saying that “the more music, the less efficiency in administration.”（其乐逾繁者，其治逾寡。）Mo Zi regards music and dance as being of no use t