本书是国内第一部系统研究美国华人学者高友工之美学思想的学术专著，主要描述了高友工的思想体系，论列了他对海外华人“中国抒情传统学派”的理论奠基之功，同时探讨了中国美学史写作的方法论问题。
This book is the first academic monograph in China to systematically study the aesthetic thought of American Chinese scholar Gao Yougong, mainly describing Gao Yougong's ideological system, discussing his contribution to the theoretical foundation of the "Chinese lyrical traditional school" of overseas Chinese, and discussing the methodological issues of writing the history of Chinese aesthetics.
