Abstract:Ten Chinese Traditional Art Signs is a representative masterpiece that explores Chinese traditional arts in depth from point to surface, from outside to inside. Professor Wu spent more than ten years on this book, in which ten familiar Chinese elements are selected and interpreted thoroughly by using the modern western theories of semiotics, cultural anthropology and iconography.The rigorous scholarship and textual specification of the author sets an example of scientific research for us, and the book also provides a solid theoretical foundation to study the traditional art and culture.