On Research Methodology of Chinese Aesthetics

Modern Chinese aesthetics may be generally referred to as Western aesthetics in China.Western aesthetics here refers to the traditional Western epistemology aesthetics,which is not the Kant's ontology of ethical aesthetics.Kant is the bridge be- tween Chinese aesthetics and Western aesthetics,whose research is the direct reference for the ontology of ethical aesthetics. Aesthetics has two modalities,which are the philosophical aesthetics and poetical aesthetics.It is imperative to introduce Kant' s aesthetical thought to form the ontology of Chinese ethical aesthetics.The poetical wisdom is the special virtue of Chinese aes- thetics.It is our aim to build the ethical metaphysical aesthetics and to transform our mode of thinking.