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"Gelsang Flower Posture" is a collection of personal essays by the author Liu Qiong, divided into three volumes: Kelsang Flower Posture, Grandfather's Youth, and Narration and History. They are the description of scenes and events, the nostalgia for people, and the literary criticism. This book brings together the essence of Liu Qiong's many years of writing career. His articles are easy to read and mostly talk about things around him and daily life, which can be said to be both emotional and intellectual. As a professional critic, the author is erudite, thoughtful and sensitive. She uses concise and unique language and sharp eyes to convey her thoughts on life, her perceptions of life, and her insights on literature, allowing readers to enjoy the tremor of their souls in the words that sparkle with thought.

This book refers to the Christian clues that run through the history of Western culture to examine the sacred and secular value intentions of "beauty" in aestheticism, as well as the corresponding practical consequences and cultural historical significance. The writing of prohibited pornography at the content level of aestheticism resists the external style of capitalist morality and reveals the "sacred" spiritual connotation of irrational forms that have been suppressed for a long time; its admiration for pure forms, on the one hand, subjectively "sacred" art in the form of "art for art's sake" and gives it sacred value. On the other hand, "art for art's sake" is fundamentally an integral part and link of the process of Western cultural modernity, and its eventual integration by the market just illustrates the secular rational character of form. This book analyzes the sacred and secular value intentions of aestheticism, trying to reveal the overall survival style of human beings and show the current value of aestheticism.