Justifying Decadence:A search for China's Own Modernity:Research on The Aesthetic Style of Decadence and Modernity in the Late Ming Dynasty
Decadence is an important concept in the study of Chinese modernity.After the theoretical journey from"decadence"to"decadence",decadence has become a symbol of modernity in the sense of aesthetic style in the late Ming Dynasty.The study of decadent aesthetic style and late Ming moderni-ty by domestic scholars is not only a process of exploring China's own modernity,but also a process of justifying the name of"decadence".As the logical starting point of Chinese modernity,the deca-dent aesthetic style of the late Ming Dynasty is also one of the cultural representations of Chinese mo-dernity.Based on the theoretical dilemma of late Ming modernity research,using decadent discourse to elucidate late Ming modernity not only justifies late Ming as the logical starting point of Chinese modernity,but also clearly answers the question of the origin of China's own modernity.