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"Ye Lang's Lectures on Aesthetics" contains 18 articles in recent years by Mr. Ye Lang, senior professor of philosophy and social sciences at Peking University. The content covers four aspects: the basic theory of aesthetics, which mainly discusses the "image" theory of beauty; the spirit of Chinese aesthetics, which mainly starts from classic texts such as "Zhuangzi" and "Dream of Red Mansions" to explore the basic spirit of traditional Chinese aesthetics, highlighting the characteristics of Chinese aesthetics such as attaching great importance to the "sentient world" and attaching importance to ecology; Regarding art education, it mainly highlights the necessity and urgency of aesthetic education and art education in the current society from aspects such as the humanistic education of college students and the connotation of cultural power. The academic experience of engaging in aesthetic research highlights the connection between knowledge and individual life, and reading and writing should take into account both academic and interesting aspects. "Ye Lang's Lectures on Aesthetics" will be included in the "Ye Lang's Collected Works" series.

This book is a collection of essays by Ye Lang discussing "A Dream of Red Mansions" from an aesthetic perspective. The book mainly talks about two contents. One is the metaphysical implication of "Dream of Red Mansions". Cao Xueqin's pursuit of the ultimate meaning of life is to affirm the value of "emotion", pursue the liberation of "emotion", pursue the dignity of love, and pursue the equality of people. In summary, it is the pursuit of "a world with feelings." "The world of sentient beings" is not an illusory existence, but a real existence. "The world of sentient beings" is here, so life is meaningful. This is the "enlightenment" that "A Dream of Red Mansions" gives readers. Another content is the tragedy of "Dream of Red Mansions". The tragedy of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not the decline of the noble family, but the destruction of the "sentimental world". In Lin Daiyu's poem, it is "the cold moon buries the flower soul". In addition, the book also talks about the influence of Ye Xie and Jin Shengtan on "A Dream of Red Mansions", Zhi Yanzhai's comments, and the novel's aesthetics such as "the finishing touch" and "idle brushwork".