論潘之淙《書法離鈎》的書法美學中心思想

On the Thesis of Pan Zhicong’s Shufa ligou(Calligraphy Aesthetics)

明代學者潘之淙《書法離鈎》一書所表述的書法美學中心思想是"取法"與"離法"之間的辯證關係,潘之淙所描述的書法家從"得鈎"、"吞鈎"到"離鈎"的過程,展示出藝術修養的三段式規律:即立志取法→精通法則→離開法則,最後到達無法而法的高妙境地。這與禪學修養的三段式規律是密切相通的。

Ming-dynasty scholar Pan Zhicong’s Shufa ligou(Calligraphy Off the Hook)emphasizes the dialectical relationship between qufa(acquire the rules)and lifa(desert the rules).Pan describes a caligrapher’s three-step process from degou(on the hook),to tungou(master the hook),and to ligou(off the hook),which demonstrates the three phases of his artistic accomplishment:from adopt,to master,and to desert the rules and finally achieve the highest form of artistic freedom.This is closely related to the three stages of Zen Buddhist cultivation.