National Arts Series attempts to look at the Chinese art and culture from the view point of the Chinese. Chiu Kwon-chiu believes that people can find the genes of Chinese culture in ordinary daily commodities, if they want to. The book strives to translate the abstruse and academic language of the furniture research results into a language easily mastered by ordinary people. Chiu Kwong-chiu, Ma Kin-chung and Chan Hon-wai published National Arts: A Wooden Chair. By analysing and appreciating a Ming official hat chair, the book gains an insight into the exquisiteness and comprehensiveness of the Chinese culture. It also employs Western design theories and esthetics to analyse the production characteristics, modeling structures and visual variations of Chinese seats.