Using Questions to Confront Definitions of Aesthetics

When the world is ruled by aesthetic rules—— Order crushes everything into a stereotyped specimen, chaos paints reality into a crazy picture, and finally writes a perfect ending for everything. And you can only choose to be one of the "beautiful" sacrifices. Chen Ye refused to choose. As a cultural relic restorer, he discovered that the "loopholes" that made the throne of God fearful were carved on the jade cong of the Warring States Period as early as two thousand years ago—— "A white horse is not a horse", "A flying arrow cannot move", "Mountain Exit"... The paradoxes of famous sophistry became his only weapon. Now, holding the jade cong, he stood on the ruins of Liuli Jing, facing the descending representative of the Three Gods Throne, and asked his first question: "If 'beauty' must be defined, then why can't the 'definition' itself be questioned?" A war with "questioning" as the sword broke out. He will travel through the Jiuxian Period of history, discuss Taoism with Gongsun Long in Jixia Academy, confront the mental painter in the Renaissance studio, and rewrite the genes of poetry in Chang'an, the prosperous Tang Dynasty—— Just to prove one thing: The most precious thing for human beings is not to accept some kind of "perfect answer". Instead, always reserve the right to "ask the next question." --- This book is also called: "Using Warring States Philosophy to Beat the God of Aesthetics" "Asking Serious Questions in a World of All Aesthetic Maniacs" "Who says debating can't be a superpower?