The book Guqin is characteristic of well-knit structure, abundant content, thorough historic material, original standpoints and easy-understanding language However, some minor imperfections are still required further consideration.

• 摘要章华英博士的《古琴》一书在写作上具有以下特点：一是结构严密，自成体系；二是内容丰赡，史料详实；三是观点新颖，语言通俗。但是同时该书也存在某些观点欠深入等不足之处。