一建筑应有可读性要让读书成为一桩名符其实的乐事,而不是吃苦受罪,就首先要求文章具有可读性。因此,现在报章杂志都很强调可读性,这是吸引读者的主要办法。为了使建筑也能引人入胜,大概可读性也是不能阙如的吧。我们中国人的心目中这“读书”和“看书”的意思是虽相近亦相远的。“读”的内涵和外诞似乎要复杂得多,除了用眼之外,还得用口用心,要求深入其境,得自心源,出自笔端,是综合性很强的学习方法。而且这“读”,不仅指的是要读懂字面上的意思,同时亦要读出作者不曾写出来的意思。由于这样讲究,古人连看画,也习惯称之为“读画”,表明了绘画和文章在美学本质方面是可以沟通的。(当然,也反映着中国根深蒂固的文 A building should be readable. To make reading a truly enjoyable thing, not to suffer, the article first requires readability. Therefore, newspapers and magazines now emphasize readability. This is the main method of attracting readers. In order for the building to be attractive, it’s probably not readable. The meaning of “reading” and “reading books” in the eyes of our Chinese people is similar and distant. The connotation and birth of “reading” seem to be much more complicated. Apart from the use of eyes, they also have to use their mouths and hearts to ask them to go deep into their own territory. They can get from their heart and come from the pen. They are very comprehensive learning methods. And this “reading” means not only reading literal meanings, but also reading what the author has never written. Because of this emphasis, the ancients even read paintings, and they are also used to call it “reading paintings”, which shows that painting and articles can communicate in the nature of aesthetics. (Of course, it also reflects the deep-rooted Chinese