In the human sphere, apart from seeking knowledge and the good, there is also the quest for beauty. This can be related to our "three realms." There are plenty of theories throughout history for the first two realms, but relatively few successful ones for the third.
不過如果我們與別的文化比較，我們就會明白道家精神影響下的「情意自我」，指向藝術情趣的領域，有另外的價值觀，並不一定是失敗者的哲學。