期待已久的王世襄先生的《明式家具研究》终将由香港三联书店出版了。面对着先睹为快这一大叠校稿清样,我为他高兴,因为我深知这部书写作过程中的艰辛,和从完稿到出版之间所遭遇的种种周折。我更为中国高兴,明式家具是中国人创造的物质文化瑰宝,而研究它、介绍它,过去 The long-awaited Wang Shixiang “Ming furniture research” will eventually be published by Hong Kong Joint Publishing. In the face of the first glance, this massive pile of proofs is good for him because I know all the hardships in writing this book and the twists and turns I encountered between the time when it was finished and the time when it was published. I am even more pleased with China. Ming-style furniture is a material and cultural gem created by the Chinese people. I studied it, introduced it and I used to