明代书论可以分为前期、中期、晚期三个部分。前期书论因受程朱理学的影响以及明初文化的制约,并未脱离元代复古主义理论的笼罩。明代中期,朝廷对江南文人的钳制放松,吴门书派在形成和发展的过程中,逐渐打破了明初台阁体书法的限制。宋人“尚意”的精神回归,写意倾向的书法观也逐渐形成。明代晚期书论中所表现出的观点较为复杂,徐渭的出现为晚明书论注入了反叛意识,这也直接启迪了明末张瑞图、王铎张扬 Book theory of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into pre-, mid-term and late three parts. Due to the influence of Zhu Nei-zhu and the cultural restriction in the early Ming Dynasty, the prophase scholarly theory did not fall out of the cover of the Yuan Dynasty’s retroist theory. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the court relaxed and restrained the literati in Jiangnan. During the process of its formation and development, the Wumen School gradually broke the limitation of the calligraphy in the early Ming Dynasty. The return of the spirit of “Song Yi” and “Shang Yi ” also formed gradually. The views expressed in the Late Ming Dynasty’s Book Theory were rather complicated. The emergence of Xu Wei injected a sense of rebellion into the Late Ming Dynasty’s Book Theory, which also directly inspired Zhang Ruitu and Wang Duo in the late Ming Dynasty