『書』字,从『聿』从『曰』,取其用笔代『说』之意,是动词,即『写』的意思。至于名词的『书』,不过是用笔写话而集中起来形成的一本一本的汇集。所以书写才是『书』字的本意。『写』是个很古的字,在《国语》上面『写』通『泻』,《说文》记载『置物也』,即把东西放在那里,而字写了置放在那里便会留下书写的痕迹。『畫』,或作『畵』,从『田』,原是把田地划开界限之意,是动词,即要标出轮廓界限,便引申出可以描画事物外形的意思。通过画的动作,画出的结果就成为名词之『画』。既是描画事物的外形,势必也要留下痕迹。于是对于『书』和『画』留下的痕迹的研究,对 The word “book”, from “yue” to “yu”, means “verb”, meaning “writing”. As for the noun “book,” it is merely a collection of books that are collected together by pen-writing. So writing is the “book” of the original meaning. “Writing” is a very ancient word. In “Mandarin”, it means “writing” and “diarrhea.” In “Shu Wen,” “things are also recorded,” that is, things are placed there. Under the traces of writing. “Painting”, or “畵”, from “田”, originally meant to delimit the field. It is a verb, that is to say, to outline boundaries, we can draw the meaning of the outline of things. By painting the action, the result of the painting becomes the “painting” of the noun. Is not only the appearance of things, it is bound to leave traces. Therefore, the study of the traces left by “books” and “paintings” is correct