Abstract：Kant ’s sublime theory had a great influence in his aesthetics and the history of Western aesthetics， the researches of which focused on the superficial aspect of his discourse other than inherent purport； none of them delt with the aesthetic mind of sublime and considered comprehensively the means of Kant’s sublime ideas on aesthetics. In view of these， the paper studies the creativity of Kant’s sublimity in the history of aesthetics， and points out that he integrated sublime into the whole aesthetic thought， breaking through the limitation of the traditional aesthetics to artistic style. It deduces that the sublime in fact refers to the lofty human mind and moral home by inquiring the external form of sublime， further deepening the thought value of it through the whole aesthetics. Then it discusses the main features of aesthetic psychology of the sublime， its impact on the aesthetic psychology school， deepening Kant’s aesthetic study. In addition， this paper puts forward the different trend of Kant’s aesthetics to Hegel’s aesthetic study.
