论端砚铭文书法

On the Calligraphic Inscriptions on the Duan Yan

以书法铭文装饰砚台,是端砚上一道特别的风景。端砚铭文书法受到人们关注的主要原因,在于端砚作为书法载体的特殊性,以及端砚之外人们对汉字的特殊情感和书法情结。由于端砚自身的名贵,加上名人雅士的题刻,再加上铭文书风的多样,三者相互辉映,使得端砚上的书法别有一番生趣。

Chinese calligraphic inscriptions used as decorations on the Duan Yan present a special beauty. The reasons that people often pay great attention to these inscriptions are due to the special quality of the Duan Yan, and people＇s unusual passion for Chinese characters and calligraphy. Owing to the high value of the Duan Yan and the in-seriptions done by well-known people, also the different styles of calligraphy and the interplay of the three, the in-scriptions on the Duan Yan are of special interests.