书法家在书法史上的地位评定,不仅依赖于其作品及人格的受人景仰,还需要依靠后续的评论者确立其宏观历史地位,所以说,书法史不仅是一部书家书写的历史,也是一部后来者选择的历史。在对前人总结和品定的原则里,除了从书法本身的角度出发,还要依据历史的需要,所以书法批评所做的不仅是对前期书法发展的总结,还有对书法未来发展走向的引导。这样看来,书法批评其实是书法体系中具有 Calligrapher’s position in the history of calligraphy assessment, not only depends on his work and personality admiration, but also rely on follow-up commentators to establish its macro-historical status, so that calligraphy history is not only a history of writing, but also History of a latecomer’s choice. In the principle of summarizing and defining predecessors, in addition to the need of history from the point of view of calligraphy, calligraphic criticism not only summarizes the development of calligraphy in the early stage, but also analyzes the future development of calligraphy guide. In this sense, calligraphic criticism is actually in the calligraphy system