中国印章

出版时间：2010-8  出版社：外文出版社  作者：孙慰祖  
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前言

People usually regard Chinese seals as an artistic phenomenon, butthey are primarily, in my opinion, an institutional device deeplyinvolved in the political and economic activities of Chinese society.This dual identity entails a very different research and analytical approachfrom that used in the study of other art forms such as calligraphy andpainting. Compared with the development of seals in other parts of theworld, the particularity of Chinese seals is that they gave birth to the art ofseal engraving, a form created by men of literature and art that could workin association with calligraphy and painting. Therefore, for a fuller exposition of the development of Chinese seals and interpretation of seal works,we must not only pay attention to the external elements, but also go deepinto political, economic and cultural elements as well as provenance. Direct elements include the evolution of characters and changes to seal systems,whilst indirect elements have to do with social stability or disorder, political reforms, economic prosperity or decline, ethnic conflict or integration,and changes in cultural fashion over the course of some 3,000 years. Onlyby understanding all this information in depth can we touch the specialcharacter and soul of Chinese seals, find the internal agent causing artisticstyles to change, and illustrate why Chinese seals have continued beingused and developed right to the present day, whilst early seal systems inother regions stopped or disappeared.

内容概要

从印鉴的起源开始，《中国印章:历史与艺术(英文)》将系统梳理中国印鉴自商周以来的发展历程，展现各种印鉴的形态，并从中国传统文化的角度去观照印鉴背后的内涵和文化，如印鉴与书法、绘画的关系，与中国古代职官制度甚至与历史考古的关系等。《中国印章:历史与艺术(英文)》将以活泼生动、富有趣味的语言和故事来贯穿对印鉴历史和知识的叙述，以1000幅左右的精美的印鉴实物图片展示给读者，达到图文互释的作用。《中国印章:历史与艺术(英文)》在资料的丰富、论述的祥细、制作的精美等方面，将是对现有关于印鉴方面图书的一个突破。

作者简介

孙慰祖, research fellow of ShanghaiMuseum. research fellow of the Art Institute ofChinese Seal Engraving under the ChineseAcademy of Arts, deputy secretary-general ofthe Xiling Seal Society and concurrently directorof the Research Office on Seal Theories andthe History of the Society. Member of theShanghai Commission for Export CulturalRelics Identification, and member of theShanghai Municipal Evaluation Committee forSenior Professional Titles on Relics andMuseology.

书籍目录

Introduction　The World of Ancient Seals and Special Features of Chinese SealsSection 1 Overview of Seals in the East and the West in AntiquityDefinition of SealsSeal Systems at Their Early Stage in the East and WestSection 2 Properties and Forms of Chinese SealsForms of Chinese SealsIndependence and Stability of Seal CharactersExpansion of Seal FunctionsSection 3 The Chinese Art of Seal EngravingFormation and Characteristics of Engraving ArtAesthetics of Engraving ArtChapter 1 The Origins and Early Development of Chinese Seals-The Pre-Qin Dynasty PeriodSection 1 Uses of Seals Recorded in Ancient WritingsOrigins of SealsUse and Use Methods of SealsStatutory Position of Official Seals and Their ManagementSection 2 Early Forms and Origination Path of SealsNature of Bronze Seals Unearthed from the Yin RuinsTransition of Properties of Die and SealDisappearance of Original Function and Emergence of Official SealsSection 3 Regional Seal Styles during the Warring States PeriodSeal Families of Various StatesArtistic Features of Seals in the Warring States PeriodChapter 2 Formation of a Unified Feudal Dynastic Rule and the Establishment of Qin and Han Seal Systems-The Qin and Han DynastiesSection 1 Centralized Authority and the Political Elements of Qin and Han Official Seal SystemsConferring Official Positions and Seals, Totalitarian SystemInstitutionalized Administration of Official SealsRole of Seals in Ethnic RelationsSection 2 Toward Standardized Forms - Official and Private Seals of the Qin DynastyQin Seals Established a New Form PatternConflict between Refinement and Randomness in Seal TextSection 3 Artistic Laws of Han Dynasty SealsA New Stage in EstheticsMainstream Styles and CategoriesArtistic Creativity of Han Seal FormsSection 4 Academic Discussions on Seals of the Qin, Han,Wei and Jin DynastiesNew Historical Materials Concerning Qin and Han Official Seal SystemsFixed Historical DetailsCharacters on Xi and Yin and Scholarly PuzzlesChapter 3 From Following Convention to Aban-doning Restraint- The Wei, Jin,Northern and Southern DynastiesSection 1 Continuing Han Seal TraditionSeparate Regimes, Converging Seal StandardsReconstruction of the Seal SystemImprovement in StandardsSection 2 Evolution of Calligraphy and Changes in Seal StylesSettling for Partial Control and Holding GroundFusion and New StylesThe Fun of Freedom and BoldnessSection 3 Division of South and North, Brevity and BoldnessFrom Stamps on Clay to Red-ink Imprints on PaperVigorous Style of the Northern DynastySouthern Dynasty: The Dying Glow of the Qinand Han System……Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 9Appendices

章节摘录

插图：The textual content of seals comprisestwo elements, namely: character form（字体） and script style （书体）. Over thepre-Qin and Han dynasty period, thecharacters on seals gradually evolved intoa special stylistic form, becoming a scriptsubject to the provisions of governmental systems. For instance, in the early HanDynasty, in the examination used by theOffice of the Grand Historian to test students among the "six scripts" （六体书）was one known as mo seal script （摹印章 ）. Government regulations resulted ina long-lasting historical custom, so thatzhuan seal script （篆体） remained thebasic script for Chinese seal characters forover two millennia. During this period,the Chinese characters also saw the evolution of different calligraphic styles.

媒体关注与评论

The art of seal design and carving is the last major Chinese art form that has not received much attention in the West.At last, there is now an authoritative exposition on the history and aesthetics of the art of the Chinese seal. It should berequired reading by all students of Chinese art as another path to reach an understanding of an underlying principle ofall Chinese art and the knowledge gained will be of immeasurable help in connoisseurship of Chinese paintings andcalligraphy. For people who are interested in graphic design, and who possess an elementary knowledge of thestructure of Chinese characters, the book will be a great source of inspiration.　　——James C. Y. Watt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,New YorkFrom ancient times to the present day, the countries of East Asia, led by China, have produced great quantities of seals.China has been regarded as the world's seal producer par excellence. Since the Ming Dynasty, the practical applicationof the seal has been in decline, but its aesthetic qualities have dramatically improved. Over time this has led to thedevelopment of a new category of Chinese art - seal engraving. Scholars thus address the seal from two differentstandpoints: historians, paleographers and archaeologists are more concerned with the practical use of ancient seals,while art historians and lovers of arts are more interested in the art of seal engraving.All will welcome the completion of this first comprehensive work written independently by an individual on the 2,500-yearhistory of Chinese seals. It addresses such topics as historiography, epigraphy and artistic history. An additionalcontribution ot what is by any standards an outstanding book is the collection of hundreds of invaluable, clear, anddetailed pictures depicting genuine items. This is a monumental work on the significance and distinctiveness of Chineseseals in the field of world seal history. I sincerely hope it will enjoy wide-spread popularity among the readers.　　——Michio Matsumaru, Professor Emeritus at the University of TokyoThe striking feature of the book lies in its interpretation of the special character of Chinese seals with the combination ofsuch information as the evolution of script in Chinese seals and the seal system through 3,000 years of social order anddisorder, political reforms, economic prosperity and decline, ethnic conflicts and integration, and changes in culturalfashion. Many original academic conclusions are drawn and the latest thinking in modern seal theory is incorporated inthe book.The book includes more than 1,400 pictures, and all the seal samples selected come from precious collections ofmuseums at home and abroad, invaluable as seals marking events of the past dynasties and representative works ofvarious artistic styles. It represents the richest compendium of seal history that has so far been made available to thepublic.　　——Hart Tianheng, Vice-president of Xiling Seal Society and Dean of the A~'t institute of Chinese Seal Carving

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