Poetic Speech and Metaphor of Calligraphy Criticism

書法藝術從中國漢字長期書寫過程的發展史上扮演著重要的角色。在中國傳統書法批評理論史上，一種以「形象喻示」詩性言說的批評，成為古代書法批評家最早運用詩性譬喻的方法。為探討此「以己度物」的詩性譬喻，本文先論述維柯的「詩性智慧」與書法批評的詩性語言，再進一步剖析歷代書法批評中詩性語言的類型與譬喻，最後從詩性譬喻的角度分析書法批評文本作為結論。實際上，「似人現象」和「似物現象」也是一種人的生命化和人格化，因為物體已經被人格化與物件化，寄寓著人的生命情懷和人格精神。透過這種詩性語言的譬喻，除了啟發書法鑒賞者根據生活經驗和審美感受與想像力外，也能透過詩性語言與詩性譬喻，讓自己成為具有創造力的主體，促進人和自然之間重新展開交往，進一步讓原始譬喻轉化為迷人的詩性語言。Calligraphy art has played an important role in the development of Chinese characters in history. My article explores the relationship between poetic speech and metaphor in calligraphy criticism. Image metaphor is a poetic speech which is earliest used in Chinese calligraphy criticism theory. In order to find out how image metaphor works in anthropomorphism, this article first focuses on the relationship between Vico's poetic wisdom and the poetic speech of calligraphic criticism. Then, it analyzes the poetic speech genres and metaphors used in calligraphy criticism. Finally, an example from the perspective of poetic speech of the above analysis is used as a conclusion. Both the ＂anthropomorphism phenomenon＂ and ＂objectification phenomenon＂ are humanization and personalization because the physical matters have been personalized and objectified. The metaphor of the poetic speech cannot only inspire calligraphy connoisseurs' aesthetic feelings and imaginations, but also gives them the creativity to re-engage with nature. Therefore, the original metaphor can develop into graceful poetic speech