“座右铭”是铭文的一种,《昭明文选》将其列入“铭”类,姚鼐的《古文辞类纂》则把它归入“箴铭”类。“座右铭”究竟始于何时?通常认为,“座右铭”的首创者为我国东汉著名书法家崔瑷。据《文轩·崔瑗<座右铭>》吕延济题注:“崔瑗,字子玉,涿郡安平(今属河北省)人,锐志好学,素有宏远抱负。但由于年少时,锐气太盛,好凭意气用事,以至于为报兄仇而杀人,闯下大祸,亡命天涯,后幸遇大赦而得重返故里。” “Motto ” is a kind of inscription, “Zhao Ming anthology” will be included in the “Ming ” category, Yao Yong’s “ancient literary compilation” is classified as “pro-Ming ” category. “Motto ” When does it begin? It is generally believed that the originator of “Motto ” is Cui Wei, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. According to “Wenxuan Cui 瑗 ” Lv Yan Ji inscription: "Cui 瑗, Zi Zi Yu, 涿 County Anping (now Hebei Province), Reiz school, known as ambitious aspirations, but as a child, Sheng, with good intentions, so that to report the murderer and murder, broke a disaster, desperate End of the World, after the fortunate Amnesty returned to his hometown.