张芝草书“下笔必为楷则”探析

Analysis on“Cursive Script Must Reflect Regular Script Regulations”Put Forward by Zhang Zhi

东汉张芝被后世书家誉为"草圣",其名句"匆匆不暇草书"历来被人称道,后人解释此句时却往往忽略前一句"下笔必为楷则",由此造成多种歧义解释。主要从张芝生活的时代及时人对今草书的认识、草书创作当以"楷则"为要,并非"匆匆不暇",创作过程是复杂的内心修炼过程等几个方面论述"下笔必为楷则"的真正涵义。

Zhang Zhi, a famous calligrapher lived in Eastern Han Dynasty, was honored as “cursive sage” by followers. He once put forward a principle of cursive script “it is too hurry to cursive script”,which was misunderstood by many calligraphers because of the ignorance of the previous words “cursive script must reflect regular script regulations”. This paper is to discuss the true meaning of Zhang’s viewpoint through his time, people’s realization of cursive script, the significance of regular script regulations, and complexity of creation and inner world of calligraphers.