What is the position of aesthetician Liu Gangji in the field of aesthetics in China?

Liu Gangji, 1933, from Puding, Guizhou. 1956 graduated from philosophy department of Peking University, and then worked in Wuhan University. He is also the director of the Institute of Aesthetics of Wuhan University, the vice president of China Aesthetics Society, the president of Hubei Aesthetics Society, the member of China Artists Association, the member of China Calligraphers Association and the member of Chinese Writers Association. Also known as "South Liu and North Li" with Li Zehou. 1988 was awarded "Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding National Contributions". He has been engaged in the study of aesthetic principles, Chinese aesthetic history, China painting and calligraphy history, Marxist philosophy and China traditional thought and culture for a long time. He is the author of more than 0 monographs 10, such as Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy, Aesthetics of Zhouyi, China's Calligraphy and Painting, Art and Aesthetics, Aesthetic Dialogue, History of Chinese Aesthetics (co-authored with Li Zehou) and Calligraphy Aesthetics.