ABSTRACT
In China, “beauty” is a sentiment more than views —that is, spontaneous views infusing actual performances or informing everyday attitudes. For the Chinese, beauty is a sentiment that pervades life and represents a reaching toward the noble, the true, and the right and an uplifting of all life’s interactions. The ugly, the horrendous, the tragic, and the base are utilized to enhance what is beautiful and uplifting. There is no room to indulge in the absurd for its own sake-that would be considered pointless-and thus there is no Chinese Beckett.
