作为史学宗师,陈垣一直强调书法是中国特有的一种艺术,是艺术史上的一大景观。在一九二三年所作的《元西域人华化考》中,他说:“书法在中国为艺术之一,以其为象形文字,而又有篆、隶、楷、草之不同,数千年来,遂蔚为艺术史上一大观。”[1]二十世纪三十年代,随着陈垣对书法的兴趣与钻研,他对中国书法与绘画的关系有了进一步的认识,提出“书画是相因的,能书能画是大佳事。”[2]“中国人的美术,第一就是书,第二就是画。书与画并称,系中国及日本人的特 As a historian, Chen Yuan has always stressed that calligraphy is an art unique to China and a major landscape in the history of art. In 1923, he wrote: ”Calligraphy is one of the arts in China. With its hieroglyphics, there are also different customs, For thousands of years, it has become a grand history in the history of art. “[1] In the 1930s, with the interest and study of calligraphy by Chen Yuan, he had a further understanding of the relationship between Chinese calligraphy and painting, Put forward ”painting and calligraphy is a phase effect, can book can be painted is a good thing.“ [2] ”Chinese art, the first is the book, the second is painting. Special