《集古録跋尾》真實記録了歐陽修的書法理論觀念。他對書法的審美和傳播思想文化的作用給予充分的肯定,把格調和人品作爲品評書法的重要標準;他推崇唐代書法,爲宋代書風不振而憂慮;他認爲學習書法無固定法則,不贊成以學書爲職業,主張多閱古人法帖,在學古的基礎上創新,指出書家創作時“矜持與不用意”兩種心態對書法作品優劣有直接影響;他以自己的切身體會,說明書法鑒賞的難處和差异性。 “Set records of Postscript ancient times” a true record of Ouyang Xiu’s calligraphy theory. He fully affirmed the aesthetic of calligraphy and the role of spreading the ideology and culture. His style and character as an important criterion for calligraphy; he praised the calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty for the poor style of writing in the Song Dynasty; he considered that there is no fixed law of calligraphy , Disagree with the study of books as a profession, advocated reading more ancient Fadian, based on the study of ancient innovation, pointed out that when the book writer “reserved and not ” two kinds of mentality have a direct impact on the merits of calligraphy; he himself Personal experience, explain the difficulties and differences of appreciation of the law.