Abstract:Chinese courtyard houses have attracted much attention recently, and Beijing quadrangle dwelling are representative of Chinese courtyard houses, and it is necessary to describe it more accurately. Now, taking only the text of the Beijing quadrangle dwelling section of the residential chapter of the "History of Chinese Architecture" published by the China Architecture Industry Publishing House as an example, which is currently used as a textbook by the architecture departments of most colleges and universities, a number of debatable points are put forward and some opinions are expressed.