“他山之石”--评夏南悉《蒙元时代的中国建筑》

A Stone in the Other Mountain—A Review of YUAN,Chinese Architecture in a Mongol Empire by Nancy Steinhardt

夏南悉是美国建筑史学界研究中国及东亚建筑史的著名学者,本文对其最新专著《蒙元时代的中国建筑》章节内容作了简要介绍,并讨论了该书主要特色和逻辑结构。结合美国当代学者对于夏南悉研究成果的评论,分析了该书及其夏南悉有关中国建筑史研究成果的作用与价值。

Nancy Steinhardt is a famous scholar in the field of architectural history in the United States for here research on Chinese and East Asian architectural history.This paper starts from a brief introduction to the chapters of her latest book YUAN,Chinese architecture in a Mongol Empire.It then reveals the main features and logical structure of the book,and finally points out the role and value of this book and her research by reviewing the comments from other scholars within and outside the United States.