“汉字是世界上最难、最严格的文字,也是世界上最美、最漂亮的文字”。这是日本前驻中国某大使的一段话。中国书法艺术作为世界艺术门类之一,历经几千年历史,久而不衰,吸引着众多的爱好者倾其毕生精力为之奋斗。李鹤年先生就是其中有代表性的一位。一鹤年先生一九一二年出生在天津海口西大沽。祖籍绍兴。三岁迁保定,五岁移天津定居。一九三二年入南开大学。“七·七”事变后,在天津工商学院借读一年毕业。旧时上学,小学期间,除寒暑假外,学校并不布置书法作业。李先生幼承家训,五岁便从先叔祖海楼公学执笔,受笔法,高捉管,指实掌虚,由完成任务到真正喜欢,开始了书法一生的追求。二十岁前,从陈哲甫学临《夏承》时会悬肘写中 “Chinese characters are the hardest and strictest words in the world and the most beautiful and beautiful words in the world.” This is a passage from Japan’s former ambassador to China. Chinese calligraphy as one of the world art categories, after thousands of years of history, long time not bad, attracting a large number of enthusiasts devoted their life to strive for it. Mr. Li He-nian is one of the representative ones. One year Mr. Crane was born in 1912 in the West Dagu, Haikou, Tianjin. Ancestral home Shaoxing. Moved three-year-old Baoding, moved five-year-old settled in Tianjin. 1932 into Nankai University. After the “July 7 Incident”, he graduated from Tianjin Polytechnic for one year. Old school, primary school, except winter vacation, the school does not arrange calligraphy homework. Mr. Li Young Cheng family training, the age of five from the antecedents of the ancestral hall of the floor to write, by the pen calligraphy, Gao Chu Guan Guan, accused of real, from the completion of the task to truly like, began the pursuit of calligraphy life. Twenty years old, from Chen Zhefu learn “Xia Cheng” will be hanging elbow writing