Beauty is always paired with good, - Liu Cixin

As a child, I witnessed a great deal of violence and persecution as well as social unrest during The Cultural Revolution...This experience has made me understand the complexity of human nature and society—I’ve realized that the future of human civilization is also full of danger and uncertainty. Such understanding is manifested in my science fiction novels…

they were the generation meant to be consumed by fire.

Whatever they were dealing with was too important for them to care about keeping up appearances.