传统书法艺术的认知与发展

Development of Traditional Chinese Calligraphy: A Cognitive View

中华民族的灿烂文明史是由具有近六千年历史的汉文字承载着的,没有文字就没有历史。从"上古结绳而治,后世圣人易之以书契",继而到"观鸟兽之文"、"近取诸身,远取诸物"去创造"通神明之德"、"类万物之情"的甲骨文、金文、小篆、隶、楷等,无不以象形来表现物态。在世界上,书法艺术也是中华民族独有的艺术形式。它对中国的文化有着本源性的影响,同时又对外来文化有着开放性的影响,这也是它千百年来长盛不衰并引起世界性关注的根本原因。

The magnificent civilized history of the Chinese nation is embodied and carried forward in Chinese characters which have a history of 6,000 years. It is no exaggeration to say that to some extent there would be no history without Chinese characters. In primeval times, the Chinese people recorded history by 'tying knots', and this method was replaced with carvings and writings by later sages. Still later, our ancestors invented different forms of writing to record history, among which are Jiaguwen (inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells), Jinwen (inscriptions on ancient bronze objects), Xiaozhuan (a style of calligraphy adopted in the Qin Dynasty), Lishu (official script) and Kaishu (standard script of handwriting), all of which are modeled on birds, beasts, human beings themselves and things around them or imaginary things like gods etc. Calligraphy is a unique form of art possessed by the Chinese nation, which has exerted great influence not only on the Chinese culture, but on foreign cultures or the culture we borrowed from other countries. For this reason, it has been attracting the attention of people all over the world for hundreds of years.