Abstract: For a long time,the mainstream paradigm of relationship between Chinese and Western aesthetics is about the influence of the West on China,ignoring the influence of Chinese aesthetics on the West.Looking back at the history of the communication of aesthetics between China and the West,we can see that in the 17^th and 18^th century,the ideas of Chinese landscape aesthetics entered the West with Chinoiserie,meeting the inherent needs of the dramatically changing Western aesthetics development at the right time.The 18^th century witnessed the rise of European romanticism that is characterized by the rediscovery of natural landscapes and the fascination with the exotic.Chinoiserie,as a distant exotic aesthetic culture,participated as an important role in shaping it.As a result,the history of European aesthetics had reached a turning point.Classical aesthetic concepts which had been regarded as golden rules,such as balance,symmetry,regularity,and proportion,were openly questioned and gradually declined.Modern aesthetic concepts such as irregularity,asymmetry,diversity and surprise became the mainstream.The historical facts of the communication of Chinese and Western aesthetics show that there is no such a thing as so-called “incommensurability” that cannot be bridged between Chinese and Western aesthetic theories.The time is ripe for building a new academic paradigm that speaks of the influence of Chinese aesthetics on the West.

Key words: the Maritime Silk Road, the 18^th century, European aesthetics, sinicization, paradigm revolution