40年来,中国美学研究在几起几落之间,取得了很大的成绩。然而,在当今世界美学发展潮流和当代生活面前,它又遇到很多理论上的困难。如何克服这些困难,特别是如何确立当代中国美学研究的走向,关系到中国美学如何更好地走向21世纪。这已经成为一个现实的学术课题。为此,本刊特发表全国青年美学研究会组织的一组笔谈,它们虽然观点不一,但都反映了美学界对当代中国美学研究发展前景的深刻关注,希望借此引起大家共同的探讨。 In the past 40 years, China’s aesthetics has made great achievements in recent years. However, in the current world aesthetics development trend and contemporary life, it has encountered many theoretical difficulties. How to overcome these difficulties, especially how to establish the trend of contemporary Chinese aesthetics, relates to how Chinese aesthetics can move towards the 21st century. This has become a realistic academic topic. To this end, we published a series of written speeches organized by the National Youth Aesthetics Research Institute. Although they differ in perspective, they all reflect the profound concern of the aesthetic community on the prospects for the development of contemporary Chinese aesthetics. We hope this will arouse mutual discussion.