Abstract: As a transitional figure, Dai Yue plays a certain role in the early history of modern Chinese aesthetics. But he became a forgotten figure in later writing. Dai Yue's thinking is rather mixed, which typically reflects the state of thought at the time of the new era and the old one. He tried to reinterpret German aesthetics with the tradition of Chinese traditional psychology. In the process, he established a kind of aesthetic thought of "pleasing". In order to restore the status of Chinese aesthetics in the early 20th century three-dimensionally and comprehensively, it is necessary to explore the gains and losses of Dai Yue in the study of aesthetics.