林衡勋20多年来主要精力是用在中国古代文论的研究上。他的第一个成果,是1993年《中国艺术意境论》的出版。这是不平凡的开端,是系统地研究中国艺术意境的开创性著作,此后,结合教学,深入钻研中国古代文史哲经典论著,在广阔、深厚的背景中,勾勒出中国古代文论的原生形态。20 Lin Hsun Hsun’s main energy in more than 20 years is used in the study of ancient Chinese literary theory. His first achievement was the publication of “Artistic Conception of Chinese Art” in 1993. This is an extraordinary beginning. It is a seminal work systematically studying the artistic conception of Chinese art. After that, with the help of teaching, we deeply study the ancient Chinese literary, historical, philosophical and philosophical writings. In a broad and profound background, we outline the original form of ancient Chinese literary theory . 20