Is the statement "Liang Sicheng, a great master in the history of modern architecture in China" correct?

First of all, make clear the relationship between modern history and contemporary history.

It turns out that the modern history of China was divided into the May 4th Movement from 1840 to19, and the modern history was from19 to 1949. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is contemporary history. Later, it was changed to 1840 to 1949 as modern history, and 49 years later it was modern history. Contemporary history was cancelled, because what happened recently could not be called "history".

Liang Sicheng devoted his life to the study of ancient buildings in China. Before 1949, his main contributions were in four aspects:

First, the research system of ancient architecture in China is a pioneer and founder from scratch;

Second, the survey, photography, analysis and research of a large number of buildings have been completed, more than 2,000 buildings and cultural relics have been studied, and a large amount of information has been accumulated. Third, he has completed such works as Examples of Qing Architecture, Architectural History of China and Sculpture History of China.

Fourthly, by being the director of Tsinghua University Architecture Department and China Architecture Society, a large number of experts on ancient architecture have been trained. These are national treasures now.

It is such a master that makes China's ancient buildings reappear in the world cultural forest.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to the influence of previous political movements, there were no more opportunities to exert influence, mainly in teaching and cultural relics protection. Therefore, it is completely correct to call him "a great master in the history of modern architecture in China".