字里行间

The former would not investigate what aesthetic fashions and activities there were but analyze what Confucius and Zhuangzi once said, that is, to discover the selfconscious levels of aesthetic ideas in the time in question through the study of ancient books, in other words, to validate the logical levels of aesthetic ideals in the society in question displayed in the theories by ancient philosophers. The later would not pay much attention to the sayings and writings by them but emphatically analyze the shapes and lines of potteries and the styles of calligraphy and brush drawings and the lines and manufacture of bronze utensils, that is, to realistically reveal the types of material configurations in which the aesthetic activities in a time embodied, in other words, to demonstrate in a descriptive way the artistic effects that the aesthetic experiences in a time could make.

前者不去考察先秦时代究竟存在着哪些审美风尚和审美活动，而旨在分析孔子说过什么，庄子说过什么，即要从古代文献的字里行间中发现那个时代的审美观念究竟达到了何种自觉的程度，即要从古代哲人的理论表述中确认那个社会的审美理想究竟达到了什么样的逻辑水准；后者则不太关心思想家、哲学家的言论和著作，而着重分析陶器的形状、书画的风格、青铜器的线条与制作，即要从实证的角度发现一个时代的审美活动究竟体现为何种类型的物质形态，即要以描述的方式来证实一个社会的审美经验究竟凝结为什么样式的艺术成果。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。