笔我首次见到王冬龄先生是在加拿大多伦多机场转机去渥太华的途中。他手中拿着一支长长的东西,看起来似乎是用纸包裹的带着茎叶的鲜花,后来我才知道,这是他在加拿大国家图书馆进行书写所使用的毛笔。他这样随意的携带这一物品的方式,让人很容易会觉得这是一件不那么重要的工具,就好像西方的艺术家对他们的画笔所持的态度一样。但是,这对于中国艺术家来说是一种误解,如果想要更好的了解毛笔在悠久的中国文人艺术当中所代表的是什么的话,也许需要回 The first time I met Mr. Wang Dongling, he was on his way to Ottawa on the way to Toronto Airport in Canada. He had a long object in his hand that looked like paper-wrapped flowers with stems and leaves, and I later learned that this was the brush he used to write at the National Library of Canada. His casual way of carrying the item makes it easy to think it is a less important tool than Western artists like their brushstrokes. However, this is a misunderstanding for Chinese artists and may require a return if you want to better understand what brush writing represents in the long tradition of Chinese literati