“从广义上来说,法律手段既包括诉讼,也包括外交谈判、合理补偿、交换等手段,而且有很多问题从外交渠道进行交涉更合适,成功概率也更大”圆明园兽首拍卖事件又一次引起了人们对文物回流方式的关注。由于回购代价太高,人们的目光转向了法律手段。而之前禁拍诉讼的失利也让人们重新开始思考这一途径。 “Broadly speaking, legal means include litigation, including diplomatic negotiations, reasonable compensation, exchange and other means, and there are many problems more appropriate to negotiate from the diplomatic channels, the probability of success is greater.” Once caused aroused people’s concern about the return of cultural relics. Due to the high repo cost, people’s eyes turned to legal means. The defeat before the lawsuit also allow people to start thinking about this approach.