Compared with many of Eileen Chang's distinguished short novels, Eighteen Springs is a rare long masterpiece of her works. The entire story is filled with a melancholy atmosphere, which is also so beautifully written that it will take away readers' breath. The study aims to discuss the aesthetic involved in the story. Within the first few paragraphs, the cause of the fate that only lasted half a life is revealed. In the following parts, the story is then deciphered by Wang Guo-wei and Aristotle's aesthetic perceptions and theories of tragedy. In the long run, it is topped off with Chang's particular aesthetic of desolation.