"Ten Books on Architecture" is the complete architectural book that has survived from the Western classical era and is also an important architectural book in the history of the Western world. It can be said that a history of Western architecture is a history of the acceptance of Vitruvius. Over the past two thousand years, the understanding and evaluation of Vitruvius by architects and theorists in various historical periods have reflected the changes in architectural concepts and also determined the landscape of Western cities and villages. In addition to the value of architectural history, it is also a true encyclopedia of ancient culture, covering philosophy, history, philology, mathematics, geometry, mechanics, musicology, astronomy, surveying, plastic arts and many other fields. Many historical materials recorded in it can no longer be found in other documents, providing precious historical materials for related research. Vitruvius lived during an important transition period from the Roman Republic to the Empire. He was a "conservative" in culture and spared no effort to maintain the humanistic values and architectural ideals inherited from ancient Greece. The issues he emphasized in his book on architects' general education, unity of knowledge, architectural implications, theory and practice, architecture and social ethics, human health and environment, etc., Still have great enlightenment significance for us today.
