篆刻即广义上的印章,是『缩龙成寸』的艺术形式。人们常以『方寸』一词喻义它的外在特质。印章有着悠久的历史传承,最早以『实用』方式出现并作为一种信物而存在。随着时代的变迁,科学的昌明,印章的实用功能日渐减退,手签和指纹比其更精微,更可靠。于是,印章的艺术价值,越来越凸出来,越来越受到人们的垂青。方寸印章,小中见大,象中见形,细微中见大千——或吐大荒,气字轩昂,或轻云出岫,潇洒秀逸;或靓女独立,翠袖婆娑;或高人雅士,笑吟山林……其丰富的精神内涵和文化意蕴,凝聚成强大的辐射,早已穿越『方寸』而独步艺坛。 Seal is a seal in the broadest sense, is the art form of “dragons into inches.” People often use the word “inch” to define its external qualities. Seal has a long history of inheritance, the earliest “practical” way and as a token of existence. With the changes of the times, the scientific prosperity, the practical function of stamps declining, hand sign and fingerprint than its more subtle, more reliable. Thus, the art of seal value, more and more protruding, more and more people’s favor. Square inch seal, see the big small, like the see-shaped, subtle see the big - or spit Great Wilderness, the word Xuan Ang, or light cloud Xiu, Chic Siu Yi; or beauties independent, Cuiqi whirling; Yin mountain forest ...... Its rich spiritual connotation and cultural connotation, condensed into a powerful radiation, has long been through the “square inch” and the unique arts.