中国的书法理论在一些外国人和一些现代中国人眼中,常有零散与神秘之嫌。零散,谓其存在之形式;神秘,谓其表述语言之深奥。如果我们能对分散、零星的材料加以综合考察,必然会发现,内中还是有迹可循的。也就是说:零散之间自有体统,神秘之中,蕴涵真谛。就拿前人书论中涉及“自然”一语的论述来看,就很能说明这一点。任何一门系统的艺术理论,都要对其研究对象 Chinese calligraphy theory is often scattered and mysterious in the eyes of some foreigners and some modern Chinese. Scattered, that the existence of the form; mysterious, that the esoteric language of his statement. If we can comprehensively inspect scattered and sporadic materials, we will inevitably find that there are still some ways to go inside. In other words: fragmented own system, mysterious, implies the true meaning. Take the excuse of the previous book comment on the “natural” argument, it is very much to illustrate this point. Art theory of any one system, should be its research object