明祖陵的营建及其神道石刻

关于明祖陵的营建时代一直存有较大争议，本文以翔实的资料、细致的考证，确认祖陵始建于洪武十八年，并充分肯定了明祖陵神道石刻在中国造型艺术史上的重要地位。

The Building of Mingzuling Mausoleum and Stone-Carvings along the Shrine Passage

here has always been controversial about the exact period of building Mingzuling Mausoleum.This thesis,with detailed data and painstaking textual researches,contends that Mingzuling Mausoleum was first constructed in the 18th year of Hongwu reign,and confirms the important position that the stonecarvings along the shrine passage hold in the history of Chinese shaping.