中国古代石刻的数量与种类极其丰富,对石刻研究的历史也很悠久,宋代兴起的金石学就已经开始对历代石刻资料进行收录和考订。由于现代考古学传入中国较晚,加之中国社会在近现代饱经战乱和动荡,以科学发掘和科学研究方法为支撑的考古研究成果直到近些年才大量涌现。长期以来中国学者对古 The number and types of stone carvings in ancient China are extremely rich. The history of stone carving research is also very long. The petrological study of the rise of the Song Dynasty began to record and test the ancient stone carvings. Due to the late arrival of modern archeology in China and the war-torn and turbulent Chinese society in modern times, the archaeological research supported by scientific excavations and scientific research methods has only emerged in recent years. Chinese scholars have long been ancient