Neither credited with the title of a book reviewer, nor crowned with the achievements of numerous book reviews, Zhu Guangqian, as a master of aesthetics and artistic theory, somehow did took an active part in the 1930ss heated discussions of book review arts which used the issue of art of the Da Kong Bao as a battlefield. He made unique contributions to the development of book review arts and, under the guidelines of his prospective, he wrote a good number of characteristic book reviews. As a result, he proposed a series of review theories, which values the self-possession of the subject of review, applies the image-like and creative methods and, aims exclusively at serving the readers. Now in the modern time, another look of us at his theories is very much likely to play a constructive part in the contempory book review practice. [Key words]: Zhu Guangqian prospective on book review subject of book review object of book review mission of book review methods for book review