我们常说,盆景是无声的诗、立体的画、活的雕塑。对于盆景的诗情画意的论述的文章已经发表得很多了。然而,对活的雕塑的“雕塑语言”却很少有人去深入研究,有关这方面的文章自然亦极少见到。正因为如此,一些似是而非的说法也就冒了出来。比如把本来具有很高审美意义的树干自然透空和疤、节、瘤、穴等说成是什么“病态”而加以否定。因而挖掘和普及盆景的雕塑语言就显得十分重要了。 We often say that bonsai is a silent poem, three-dimensional paintings, living sculptures. Articles on the poetic discourse of bonsai have been published quite a lot. However, there is very little research on the “sculpture language” of living sculptures and the articles in this field are seldom seen. Because of this, some paradoxes take the risk. For example, what is “morbid” is denied by the fact that the tree trunk, which is originally of great aesthetic significance, is naturally translucent and scar, knot, knob, hole, and the like. Therefore it is very important to excavate and popularize the sculpture language of bonsai.