毁于一旦 牢记万世——评吴恩培先生主编的《苏州城墙》

Once Destroyed,Forever Remembered:A Review of The City Walls of Suzhou Chief-edited by Professor Wu Enpei

吴恩培先生主编的《苏州城墙》一书全方位地搜集与梳理了有关苏州城墙的历史文献、考古发掘、历史档案、历史图录、文学描述、现代变迁和当前现状,虽然苏州城墙已经毁于一旦、所剩无几,但是这本书却把苏州城墙的前世今生活灵活现地一一呈现在读者的眼前,可以让人们永世不忘。

The City Walls of Suzhou chief-edited by Professor Wu Enpei gives a complete collection and assortment of the archeological discoveries, literary descriptions, modem evolutions, current situations as well as the historical literature, archives and pictures related to the city walls of Suzhou. Despite the fact that the city walls were destroyed and left only sporadic relics, the book presents before the readers＇ eyes the vivid past and present pictures of the city walls, and strikes an everlasting memory in the readers＇ mind.