柳诒徵先生精研史学,当年与陈垣先生齐名,一时有北陈南柳之称。一九三二年胡适在《清华学报》评论先生名著《中国文化史》,以为是文化史开山之作,但又认为对书法的介绍太多。其实胡氏忽略了书法是能代表中国文化的特有艺术,柳诒徵先生在文化史中作重点介绍,正是出于他发扬爱护中国文化的热忱。先生自己也终身致力于书法,当时书名并不在他史学声名之下的。现代书法的演变,其中首先是书写工具的改变。自西风东渐,硬笔逐渐替代了毛笔的实用功能,导致毛笔书写有与文化深度远离的趋势,而且使用毛笔 Mr. Liu Yizheng refined history, then Mr. Chen Yuan par, sometimes North Chennanliu said. In 1932, Hu Shih was acclaimed in the commentary of “Tsinghua University” on his famous book “The History of Chinese Culture”, which he regarded as a pioneer of cultural history, but also considered too much introduction of calligraphy. In fact, Hu ignored the calligraphy is a unique art that can represent Chinese culture, Mr. Liu Yongzheng in the cultural history as a key introduction, it is out of his enthusiasm to promote the protection of Chinese culture. Mr. himself devoted himself to calligraphy for a lifetime, at the time his title was not under the prestige of his history. The evolution of modern calligraphy, the first of which is the change of writing instruments. Eastward from the westerly wind, hard pens gradually replaced the practical functions of brush pens, resulting in the tendency of brush writing to stay away from the depths of culture,