“真书”“楷书”“正书”三者涵义的变迁

Meaning Changes of Zhenshu,Regular Script and Zhengshu

在书法艺术发展史上,学术界公认的书体为五大类:篆书、隶书、楷书、行书和草书。其中楷书又被称为真书或正书。自古以来,楷书、真书和正书的概念在书法史上被频繁提及,三者所指向的具体书法作品和词义内涵存在着某种差异,但在引证时通常又被画上等号。实际上,三个概念出现的时间不同,指向的具体内涵也有所不同,三者之间存在着很多联系。

Chinese calligraphic styles can be generally classified into five categories , namely, the seal script, the offcial script, the regular script, the running script and the cursive script, of which the offcial script is also known as Zhenshu or Zhengshu. With reference to calligraphic works and comments on these works in different historical periods, the paper aims to analyze their origins via the three concepts＇ emerging time and specific implications. It is concluded that despite many similarities, the offcial script, Zhenshu and Zhengshu neither present the same meaning nor indicat equal connotation from the perspective of calligraphic research.