继《六朝美学史》出版５年之后，吴功正又推出了一部７２万字的《唐代美学史》（陕西师范大学出版社１９９９年７月版）。这又一部美学断代史的诞生，作者是需要极大的勇气和充分的学术自信的。因为唐代美学研究面临着严峻的现实：一方面典籍浩繁，流派众多，要将有唐近三百年 Following the publication of “The Six Dynasties History of Aesthetics” five years after its publication, Wu Gongzheng has also released a book entitled “A History of the Tang Dynasty Aesthetics” (Shaanxi Normal University Press, July 1999). This is another birth of aesthetic history, the author needs great courage and full of academic self-confidence. Because the study of aesthetics in the Tang Dynasty is facing a grim reality: on the one hand, there are numerous books and numerous schools of thought,