论馆阁体书法

A Probe into Guange Style Script

馆阁体又名台阁体,主要盛行于明清两代,是其时官方文书的主要书法字体。今人对馆阁体否定为多,但其历史地位和中和的审美情趣,还是应当肯定的。它的出现,并不是朝廷或官府一纸规定就能起作用的,而有它不得不然的客观性。它某种程度上体现着一种公平。馆阁体来源多样,文备众体。明初开其端,清康乾年间基本完全定型,清末铅活字盛行之后成为规范的印刷体。馆阁体对明清文化的影响,不仅仅限于书法,而是体现在社会的多个方面。

Guange style, or Taige style, was the major official style of script in Ming and Qing dynasties. Despite the fact that it is not acclaimed in modern times, the role it played in history and its aesthetic value should not be ignored, it hadn＇t come into existence upon official order but with its own rules which embodied the feature of fairness. It originated from various sources in early Ming dynasty and finalized in the reigns of emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of Qing dynasty, and became standardized print in late Qing dynasty when movable-type printing became popular. Guange style script influenced culture development in Qing dynasty beyond calligraphy.