Zhu Liyuan

Zhu Liyuan, born in 1945, is a Chinese literary theorist and aesthetician who has long been engaged in teaching and research in aesthetics and literary theory. His writings span the history of Western aesthetics, Hegelian aesthetics, and contemporary Chinese Marxist aesthetics. His representative works include the revised edition of the Dictionary of Aesthetics, Aesthetics (2019 edition), A New Exploration of Hegel's Aesthetic Thought: Centered on the Theory of the "End of Art", and Research on Contemporary Chinese Marxist Aesthetics. His writing emphasizes conceptual clarification and theoretical analysis; while tracing the development of Western aesthetics, he also attends to the unfolding of Marxist aesthetics in contemporary China. His works are generally classified under social culture, philosophical readings, and Marxist philosophy. Public information is limited, making biographical details difficult to elaborate, yet his existing works show a broad research vision that combines reference-book compilation with focused theoretical inquiry.