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1、Chapter4ArtsP504.1CalligraphyandPainting4.1.1Calligraphy书法calligraphy硬笔书法pencalligraphy表音成分phoneticcomponent表形成分symboliccomponent汉字偏旁componentsofChinesecharacters线条艺术theartoflines汉字书写（体）Chinesescript汉字从图画和符号演变而来，中国书法艺术自然而然衍生于这一特殊的书写体系（绝大多数汉字由表音和表形成分构成），因此中国书法也被称作线条艺术。Chines
2、echaractersevolvedfrompicturesandsigns,andtheChineseartofcalligraphydevelopednaturallyfromthisspecialwritingsystem(mostChinesecharactersconsistofseveralphoneticandsymboliccomponents),soChinesecalligraphyisalsocalledtheartoflines.尽管中国书法以汉字为表达工具，但要欣赏中国书法之美，不一定非要懂得汉语。AlthoughC
3、hinesecalligraphyusesChinesewordsasitsvehicleofexpression,onedoesnothavetoknowthelanguagetoappreciateitsbeauty.书法的目的在于保持自然之美，突显人类精神之美。Calligraphy’spurposeistoretainthebeautyofnatureandilluminateman’sspiritualbeauty.P51受到青睐tofindfavorin汉学圈thecircleofChineselanguagelearning汉学
4、Sinology笔画stroke点、横、竖、撇、折、勾dotstroke,horizontalstroke,verticalstroke,curvedstroke,angularstroke,hookedstroke部首，独立成字radical,standalonecharacter篆书，隶书，草书，楷书，行书thesealform,theofficialform,thecursiveform,theregularform,therunningform像“字如其人”这样的中国古语与书法是直接相关的。TheChinesesayinglike“T
5、hehandwritingrevealsthewriter”isdirectlyrelatedtocalligraphy.人们认为，书写中运用的力度表露人的性情，而书写的文字则能彰显书法家对生活和艺术的理解。Itisbelievedthattheforceusedinwritingbetraysone’sdispositionandthewrittencharactersrevealsthecalligrapher’sunderstandingoflifeandarts.另外，书法作为一门中国传统艺术，很早便为邻国所青睐。Ontheother
6、hand,beingaChinesetraditionalart,Chinesecalligraphyalsofoundfavorintheneighboringcountriesfromtheearlytimes.汉字笔画有24多种，分为六大类：点、横、竖、撇、折、勾。StrokeswithinChinesecharacterscanhavemorethan24varietiesofshapesthatfallintosixbasiccategories:dian(dotstroke),heng(horizontalstroke),shu(
7、verticalstroke),pie(curvedstroke),zhe(angularstroke)andgou(hookedstroke).汉字字体通常分为五种形式：篆书、隶书、草书、楷书和行书。Chinesescriptsaregenerallydividedintofiveforms:thesealform,theofficialform,thecursiveform,theregularform,andtherunningform.这些形式密切相关，但各有其独自的形体和特点。因此，书写时使用的方法各不相同。Theseformsar
8、ecloselyrelated,buteachformhasitsownshapesandfeatures,sodifferentmethodsareemploye
