刘锡诚先生的《中国原始艺术》 (上海文艺出版社 1998年版 )是一部全面介绍和研究中国原始艺术的专著。对于希望了解中国原始艺术全貌的读者，对于亟待全面总结百年来中国原始艺术研究之丰硕成果的学界来说，本书都是难得和及时的。 　　全书除了《导言》、《概说》 (在书中为 Mr. Liu Xicheng’s “Chinese Primitive Art” (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 1998 edition) is a monograph for the comprehensive introduction and study of Chinese primitive art. For those who wish to know the whole picture of the original Chinese art, this book is both rare and timely for academics who urgently need to fully review the rich achievements of the Chinese primitive art research in the past century. The book in addition to “Introduction”, “General” (in the book