摘要
除了显性的文字交流功能外,在历史中国,书法最重要的隐性功能是制度的:建构文字书写的社会共同体,支持并制约个体在文字书写过程中难免或必要的简化、潦草甚至任性,保证与时俱进的“书同文”;进而,借助公文,在这个农耕大国构建起一个上情下达、下情上达、有迹可循、有案备查且有据追责的官僚制度。“书”因此成“法”。书法的艺术谱系更多是现当代学人对书法的政法谱系的改写。
In addition to the explicit function of written communication,the most important implicit function of calligraphy in historical China was institutional:to construct a social community of writing,support and restrict the simplified,scribbling or even arbitrary manner of writing of individuals,and ensure that all writings use"unified characters".Further,official documentary writings helped to establish a bureaucratic system in a large agricultural country in which information interflow between the higher authority and the grassroots populace was smooth,and accountability tracked down through documentation was feasible.As such,""writing"became"calligraphy".The artistic genealogy of calligraphy is more a rewriting of the political and legal genealogy of calligraphy by modern and contemporary scholars.
作者
苏力
Su Li(Peking University Law School)
出处
《开放时代》
CSSCI
北大核心
2023年第5期97-108,M0005,M0006,共14页
Open Times
关键词
书法
大国
书同文
制度功能
地方性知识
calligraphy
major power
unified characters
institutional functions
local knowledge
