叶圣陶先生的《苏州园林》,中学、大专语文教材都将之作为经典的说明文教材,许多写作类的书籍也以之为经典范例。但叶老此文有一疏漏,不曾为人所关注,现提出就正于方家。我想,用图画来比方,对称的建筑是图案画,不是美术画,而园林是美术画,美术画要求自然之趣,是不讲究对称的。对此句,笔者有两个疑问:一是此句所用 Mr. Ye Shengtao’s “Suzhou Garden”, middle school, college textbooks are used as the classic textbooks, many writing books as a classic example. However, there is an omission in Ye’s article, which has not attracted the attention of people. I would like to use the pictures as an example. The symmetrical building is a pattern painting, not an art painting, but the garden is an art painting, and the art painting requires the natural interest and does not pay attention to the symmetry. This sentence, I have two questions: First, the sentence used