中国书法英语.ppt

The Art of Calligraphy Calligraphy [k?‘ligr?fi] 书法 * * The history of Calligraphy . Historically, Chinese calligraphy and politics were closely intertwined. Over 2,000 years ago, Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor in Chinese history, established[i′st?bli?t]（已建立） the official Chinese writing characters. Some critics suggest that different genres of Chinese calligraphy have different political implications. I’ve heard that most emperors（皇帝） were good at calligraphy. The Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Shimin was an avid [. ?vid]热心的collector of Wang Xi zhi’s writings. That’s right. Qing Dynasty Emperor Qian Long played a key role in compiling an authoritative （有权威的）collection of calligraphy. To some extent（程度） preferences of the Emperors had an influence on the rise and fall of certain calligraphy genres. The genres of Calligraphy There are five genres in Chinese calligraphy. These were the Zhuan, Li, Kai, Xing and Cao genres genre[‘???r?]派别 Ordinary Chinese people also seemed to like calligraphy a lot . Someone will ask does calligraphy still have these practical functions now? sponsorship [′sp?ns??ip] 发起 赞助 the Imperial Civil Service examinations 科举考试 accomplishment 素质 stimulated [′stimjuleit] 起刺激作用