《紫禁城里的洋画师》主要内容包括：意大利人郎世宁于18世纪来到中国，成为清朝宫廷画师，在中国生活50余年，深受三朝皇帝器重。他在创作中融合中西画风，形成了独特的绘画风格，并向中国画家传授欧洲绘画技法，为清代宫廷培养了众多兼通中西画艺的人才。郎世宁被誉为清宫第一洋画师，他的绘画实践和教学，为中国与西方的文化艺术交流作出了重要贡献。（Foreign Painter in the Forbidden City：This book tells of story about Mr. Y. C. James Yen whocarried out out education among the ordinary people in China in the 1920s, thus starting the International Rural Reconstruction Movement. He cultivated a group of experts in education and rural construction for China and some other developing countries. Hence he was known as the Father of the World's Civilian Education.）