在当代篆刻领域,如果把最近三十年分为两个阶段的话,可以以上世纪90年代中期为节点。前面的十几年,篆刻在整体上高于同期书法的发展,后十几年,篆刻不但没有相应的发展,甚至还有停滞的现象。三十年来,以韩天衡为代表的篆刻流派,仍然没有被新的流派所替代。最近十几年的书法创作领域中涌现出一批新秀,篆刻却很少。究其原因,第一,是篆刻在书法界的地位相对低下,社会影响没有想象的大,所以在书法篆刻兼长的作者中,主要 In the field of contemporary carving, if the last three decades is divided into two stages, it can be the mid-90s of the last century as a node. In the preceding ten years, the cutting of carvings was generally higher than the development of calligraphy at the same period. After more than a decade, not only there was no corresponding development but also stagnation of carving. For thirty years, the seal engraving genre represented by Han Tianheng still has not been replaced by the new genre. In the last ten years, a number of rookies have emerged in the field of calligraphy, but there are few carvings. The reason, first, is the relatively low status of carving in calligraphy, social influence is not imagined, so in calligraphy and seal cutting of the authors, the main