潘天寿是我国二十世纪的艺术巨匠。他不仅是成就卓越的中国画大师,而且是杰出的美术教育家、美术理论家、书法家和诗人。他有两方常用的闲章,一方白文,一方朱文,刻的都是“强其骨”三字。“强其骨”一语,出自老子《道德经》,潘天寿借此三字,直取其义,旨在表明他对“强其骨”的美学理念的高度重视。 Pan Tianshou is a great art master of our twentieth century. He is not only an accomplished master of Chinese painting, but also an outstanding art educator, art theorist, calligrapher and poet. He has two commonly used idle chapter, one of the White, one Zhu Wen, engraved are “strong bones ” three words. The phrase “strong bones” comes from Lao Zi’s “Tao Te Ching”, which Pan Tianshou uses as a direct reference to his righteousness to show that he attaches great importance to the aesthetic concept of “strengthening his bone.”