不了解中国文化,显然是不能更进一步地深入中国艺术的。同样,在20世纪的中国人,不了解西方文化,也不能更彻底地了解本民族的艺术。虽然近一百多年来的中国人不断地向西方寻求真理,然而西方并不是百分之百的灵丹妙药,德国的文化哲学大家斯宾格勒在《西方的没落》里已经阐明了这一点。在他的眼中,埃及、希腊以及近代的欧洲,构成了彼时的西方文化,而且,他还找出了它们的基本象征物:埃 Without understanding Chinese culture, it is obviously impossible to go deeper into Chinese art. Similarly, in the twentieth century, Chinese people did not understand Western culture and could not have a thorough understanding of the art of their own nation. Although the Chinese have been seeking truth from the West for nearly a hundred years, the West is not 100 percent of the panacea, and Spengler, a German cultural philosopher, has already stated this in his book, The Decline of the West. In his eyes, Egypt, Greece, and modern Europe formed the Western culture of that time, and he also found their basic symbol: Egypt