在学科齐全、文化底蕴深厚的南京大学有一个年轻而充满活力的科研机构——南京大学雕塑艺术研究所。它确立了史论研究、肖像创作、环境设计、宗教雕塑的科研方向。正陆续完成的中国历史文化人系列雕塑在学术界引起广泛注目:东方文化学者季羡林称该系列雕塑为“扬中华之文化,开塑像之新天”;(费孝通题词:“由象及神”;杨振宁参观 In a well-disciplined, rich culture Nanjing University has a young and dynamic research institutes - Nanjing University Institute of Sculpture. It established the history of research, portrait creation, environmental design, religious sculpture research direction. A series of sculptures of Chinese historical and cultural people, which are being completed one after another, have drawn wide attention in academia. Oriental cultural scholar Ji Xianlin called the series a sculpture entitled “The New China Culture and Opening a New Image of Sculpture” (Fei Xiaotong’s inscription: Yang Zhenning visit